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Wiped. Out.
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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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
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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
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#23 written by jose8a 4 years ago
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)
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I would watch it/listen to it. not sure about the content, though…