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Back From South By: Things I Love, Hate or WTF

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This is my second annual recap of SXSW. Read last year’s here.

I love that I stayed a few days after Interactive to see some live music and a film.

I hate that I didn’t see Smokey Robinson’s keynote.

I love that the Cupcake Social was a success and the weather was great.

I love speaking at TechMunch Austin.

I love the Next New Networks T-shirt that I got. It is so soft.

I love meeting Adria Richards, Ashley Hunter, Kira Tiana.

I love dancing to Eclectic Method with Twanna and Molly.

I hate the ATM fees. Next year, I am bringing an extra stash of cash.

I love the IFC Crossroads House.

I love meeting Tony Hsieh of Zappos.

I WTF the complaining about douchebags. It is naive to think that SXSW would be douchebag-free, so it’s pointless to complain about it.

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MacGruber Panel at SXSW

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Today, I went to my first film panel since I have spent most of my time here at interactive panels. The MacGruber panel was so much fun and well worth the wait. It started about twenty minutes. The stars of the new movie Will Forte, Val Kilmer, Kristen Wiig, Ryan Phillipe were on the panel. Akiva Shaffer was the moderator and director Jorma Taccone and writer John Solomon were also on the panel. Seth Myers was in the audience and briefly came on stage to tell a funny story about the filming of the movie.

Quick Facts:

  • MacGruber will open May 21st
  • MacGruber was shot in Albuquerque last  year in 28 days
  • MacGruber’s budget was 10 million dollars.
  • Will Forte’s mom has a cameo in the movie
  • Will Forte is tweeting as MacGruber. Follow @grubes69

During the Q &A, someone asked Ryan Phillipe is he will play “Captain America”. He said that his son would love it if he did, and to check the web if it happens.  Sounds like Ryan knows that news like that will break on the internets first.

Sidenote: I must rent “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”.  I think Val Kilmer is about to make a big comeback!

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Day 2 at SXSW: Panels and People

First, I want to thank everyone who came out to my panel, The Broke Diaries. It did not go as smoothly as I had planned, but I think we presented some useful information. Here’s the link to the presentation of SlideRocket.

Austin 360’s Digital Savant wrote a nice recap of The Broke Diaries.

At Black Blogging Rockstars, it was a family reunion of sorts. It was so good to see so many people I met last year. Check out the video that I made panning the audience.

Panelists

In the evening, I spoke at the Blacks in Tech panel. I met Toni Tipton Martin who writes this very cool food blog, The Jemima Code.

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In Austin for SXSW, Black People Everywhere

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When I arrived yesterday afternoon, I saw this great statue of Congresswoman Barbara Jordan at the Austin airport. There’s another statue of her on the UT Austin campus.

This afternoon is my panel, The Broke Diaries at 2PM.

I will also be attending Black Blogging Rockstars at 3:30PM

Later, I will be speaking at the Carver Museum for the second annual Blacks in Tech Panel at 6PM.

Spotted EJ Flavors and JBrotherLove outside Austin Convention Center