Ten Things I won’t miss leaving SXSW
11 March 2008
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve had a great time here. But there are a few things I definitely won’t miss. I’ll follow up with a write up of the great parts, but until then these might be worth a chuckle.
- Buzzwords
Vertically-integrated, CPM-increasing social network leveraging monetized startup marketing. - 70% Calories from fat
My kingdom for some oatmeal. - Lines
Nothing sells a $4 beer like 300 people queued at the open bar. - Beards
I’ve said it before. Stop scratching. Is it… is it moving? I don’t like sitting this close. - The integrated social community application sales force
Did you go to our panel? - Standering room in front of a seated crowded
It’s fine; don’t worry about it. Have you been working out? - Sport coats over tee shirts
Buisness card reads: VP of JavaScript…Cheeseburgers? - Rawk
I get it, you’re “creative.” Unless you have feathers, this is off limits. - Shyness
Introduction lines always sound better when rehearsed in my head. - People introducing themselves as their-name-dot-com
I’ll Google you if I’m interested.
The question that comes to my mind: If one person displayed all of the (applicable) traits at once, would you be disgusted… or impressed?
Oddly enough, I started regularly shaving my face again after a long period of off-again/on-again bearding because I was informed that unshaven people very often equate beards (especially beards extending to the neck area) to sloppiness and “grossness.” If this perception is indeed widely held, what does that mean for web developers and their pale cheeks? Lesson: shave before your big interview, or risk your promotion to the geek who couldn’t grow facial hair if he tried.
LOL, never saw SXSW from this angle!
Actually, never been to SXSW (yet) but still my dream… Although I do Web design for living, the cost is too high for me, and the distance too long…