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I’ve been here a few days now, and it’s been a lot of work — but still exciting. The Dan Rather keynote yesterday was interesting (journalists should be “watchdogs, not lapdogs”) and Chris and I spent most of the day taping and editing.

No sense in talking about the parties too much, as they’re all very… similar. But it was fun to hang out with Tantek, Jasmine, Nicole, and everyone else. I’m staying in tonight, I think. Too tired, the rain will not relent, and I’ve got stuff to work on. More soon! Oh, check out this photo of me and Nicole, we’re doing our best “emo kid” faces.

photo by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid

Also, I’m entering this in the Vloggies SXSW video challenge. Woohoo!

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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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Remember when I went to Industrial Light & Magic? Well, John Knoll and Hal Hickle won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects! It was bizarre to be watching the show at home, and see someone I’ve met on stage accepting an award. We went back to ILM today for their surprise welcome party, and it was really fantastic to see. Here’s the video we shot for News.com; there should be some photos tomorrow as well on the site (I’ll post them here). Sorry for the crappy screengrab, I left my camera at home.

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I really love the Galacticast video podcast, and this is one of my favorite episodes so far…

And speaking of video podcasts, Crave is now available on YouTube from CNET TV! You can find Road Warrior and Buzz Report there as well.

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