Wiped. Out.

Mar 19, 2007 Author: Veronica | Filed under: out and about, sxsw, work

Man, I feel like crap tonight. I guess it’s good that I wasn’t sick at SXSW, but I think it hit me today. It’s just a cold, I hope, but it needs to go away before Friday. Ryan and I are going to Disney World, and then I’ll be covering CTIA for work until Wednesday. Should be fun, but no traveling is fun when you’re sick.

Anyway, I’m happy to be home from Austin. SXSW had it’s ups and downs, but I’m not sure that our audience is really into the things that were covered there, at least not the people that are on CNET TV. Maybe they’re more gadget-oriented, and SXSW Interactive is more… bloggey? Web 2.0? Too industry? I don’t know. And the music stuff didn’t really seem to strike a chord (You like that? Heh!) with people either. Well, it was a good experiment, but maybe next year I’ll just go check out the panels.

I spent the night making TivoToGo work on the MacBook Pro, and trying to figure how to make Nabaztag connect to the WiFi again. But for now, I’m going to eat these Oreos, drink some WalFlu, watch more back episodes of AskANinja and call it a night.

Oh, Ryan and I have been talking for a while now about doing a podcast together… I’m guessing the subject matter would probably center around, oh I don’t know, technology, but if anyone has any ideas let me know!

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26 Responses for "Wiped. Out."

Dillon K. March 19th, 2007 at 9:27 pm 1

I would watch it/listen to it. not sure about the content, though…
Nate March 20th, 2007 at 12:31 am 2

I really enjoyed your coverage of SXSW but then I was interested in SXSW years ago for the music content and I am an all round geek. I don’t limit myself to gadgets and I also don’t write to moan about the content of free podcasts

I assume you had negative feedback?
Walter Crespo March 20th, 2007 at 4:27 am 3

Sounds cool Veronica, I’ll watch/listen to it for sure.
Mike March 20th, 2007 at 5:09 am 4

I would definitely watch/listen to a Veronica/Ryan p/vodcast! A tech podcast would be neat, but if it was a bit more about blogs or gadgets that would be cool too.

Also, I loved your SXSW coverage. Great job!
Veronica March 20th, 2007 at 6:56 am 5

No, it wasn’t negative at all, just not a lot of people tuned in!
Dan March 20th, 2007 at 7:16 am 6

Pft, you know as well as I do that any podcast the two of you do together would quickly devolve into the “Guess what our cats did today!” show.
Søren March 20th, 2007 at 8:48 am 7

Yeah, a podcast would be awesome
Nav March 20th, 2007 at 11:36 am 8

So, were the views of the SXSW coverage not as good as you wanted then? I dunno - I really liked the coverage: it was techie-ish, but also focused on indie music and the actual ’social’ side of social networking online - talking to people, getting the stories behind Web 2.0 phenomena. In my mind, all those things (somewhat irrationally) go together - perhaps you were preaching to the converted? Anyway, I thought it was cool…

And as much as I like both BOL and Engadget, I’m far too much of a bitter, single man to endorse any sort of couply podcast
Jason Baldwin March 20th, 2007 at 12:08 pm 9

Dammit! I was at the Guitartown party at Mother Egan’s Wednesday too. If I’d known you were going to be there, I’d have introduced myself.

I thought the coverage was great, but I didn’t get a chance to watch it until today; I’m just now beginning to feel human again.
Keith Williams March 20th, 2007 at 12:50 pm 10

Said “Hi” at Mohawk, but so did about 100 other people. Great picture of you and Tantek on Flickr. Jesus, that place was packed even before the bands showed up. SXSW night-life is such a blur. Too many of the parties at SXSW were generic: open-bar, loud music, super-packed-crowds. Not the best environment for actual conversation. Aside from bad audio, the Heather Gold show was much more my speed.

You didn’t miss much at the Buzzfeed/Ze Frank party at Molotov. The audio was lousy and the crowd was more into the open-bar than the actual show. Ze did manage to get through his “airline schtick” show–eventually.

I agree that SXSW is too industry/left-field for the bulk of CNET-TV viewers.

How about making the podcast only “ostensibly” about gadgets/tech, but also make it a “young couple”’s cast. There are plenty of couple-casts out there: Keith & TheGirl, Dawn & Drew, Jawbone, Redboy, etc., but I think you and Ryan could offer a very unique and appealing prespective. Think about how MacBreak Weekly is only ostensibly about the Mac experience. It would also be another platform to expand “Brand Veronica” and a way to introduce “Brand Ryan” away from the imprimatur of Engadget/Weblogs-Inc/AOL.

Hope the cold passes quickly.

Cheers
Robert G March 20th, 2007 at 2:34 pm 11

How about a podcast about your favorite Mac OS X gadgets? Or Mac OS X games?

Feel better.

Robert
Patrick March 20th, 2007 at 4:27 pm 12

I thought your SXSW coverage was very good. A podcast with you and Ryan would be great, you should really consider it, especially with those of us, including myself, that are big BOL fans.
Podcast or vidcast with Veronica? » Ryan Block March 20th, 2007 at 4:33 pm 13

[...] So yesterday Veronica let it out that we’ve been talking for a long time — like, almost a year? — about doing a podcast or vidcast together. Apparently people are into the idea, but I’m still undecided. Like anything else, I’d want it to be something we could commit to doing regularly, and, well, we’re both pretty busy. But ok, assuming we made the time to do it, what would you want us to talk about? Maybe it’s safest to assume we will talk about tech stuff, specifically the stuff we didn’t really discuss on the Engadget Podcast or Buzz Out Loud — but what would we call it? [...]
CoolB March 20th, 2007 at 5:12 pm 14

First off hope you feel better soon V and second I’d definitely listen/watch a podcast if you 2 did one together.
J S Zolliker March 20th, 2007 at 6:27 pm 15

What about V&R? About? What about behind cameras, personal opinion and debate about a certain topic, like anything!
J S Zolliker March 20th, 2007 at 6:32 pm 16

Just thought about “VeRy-Cast” too.
John B. March 20th, 2007 at 8:57 pm 17

You guys could do a podcast about anything - like, say, lint - and it would take off.

Looks like Ryan got a lot of votes for “B-Side” on his blog.

Whatever it is you guys decide on, I’m sure it’ll rock.
Max m March 20th, 2007 at 10:31 pm 18

Feel better V.
Anders March 22nd, 2007 at 2:51 am 19

Thank you for the link to Ask a Ninja….. now I know what to spend time on, now that I’m sick!
Jorge March 22nd, 2007 at 7:47 am 20

Here http://www.ryanablock.com/archive/2007/03/podcast-or-vidcast-with-veronica/#comment-23183
and here
http://www.ryanablock.com/archive/2007/03/podcast-or-vidcast-with-veronica/#comment-23184
mj March 22nd, 2007 at 9:54 am 21

V, when are US phones going to be SIM chip-user replacable??? ugh!
jose8a March 22nd, 2007 at 12:16 pm 22

sorry V… I didn’t like the SXSW coverage, seemed a bit obscure. Also the Ryan thing… don’t think its really a good idea. sorry
Veronica March 22nd, 2007 at 1:02 pm 23

define obscure.
jose8a March 23rd, 2007 at 7:35 am 24

I don’t know… I guess I felt it didn’t had the CNET tune to it. Seemed more MTVish than your usual you. Not that I don’t like music and the ambiance, but that’s why I go out at night, not what I tune in to CNetTV to watch… you know? I think you did a good job, its just that SXSW didn’t merit a full coverage. Also, let me tell you something… I felt like you weren’t enjoying it that much either. (sorry i’m more fluent in spanish)
Matt O March 23rd, 2007 at 6:16 pm 25

V-
Make sure you check out the Monster’s Inc Laugh Floor (AKA: the MILF ride) when you’re in the Magic Kingdom. The tech behind it is pretty impressive.
jose8a March 26th, 2007 at 7:50 pm 26

changed my mind you should definitely do the podcast with ryan