Well, I made it to SXSW in one piece (the traveling part always makes me nervous…) and so far it’s been absolutely insane. Where do I even begin?

First off, when Chris (my producer) and I got to the hotel (which is about 5 miles away from downtown) I realized with total horror that my Internet wasn’t working! We were running late for dinner with Tom and some of his TechTV friends, but yet I refused to leave my room until their IT people got me online. Finally, it was running. Then we took off for 6th Street, which is where all the bars and venues are located. I’ve never seen so many bars on one street! We shot some video, and then ran into Nicole Lee. She was heading to dinner with Jesse (from Webshots) Ted R, Molly Golightly, and some other folks. Basically, you can’t turn a corner without running into someone you know.

The Ze Frank performance was that night, about a 20 minute walk from where we were at the moment. Chris and I drove down there, only to be turned away at the door because I hadn’t yet received my SXSW badge. WTF! But it was all ok, because I returned to Jesse and friends to head over to the 8-bit party. This was probably one of the most fun parties I’ve been to in a really long time… here’s photographic evidence:

I’m making a little video clip of the trip so far, so hopefully that’ll be up soon. Gotta hurry though, because it’s almost time for the Web Awards. More later!

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