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New York Times Writer Learns about 'Internets' at SXSW
In the '90s, the Web cognoscenti joked about doing crack. But New York Times columnist David Carr actually did crack! Which might explain his befuddlement in this clip from the SXSW Interactive conference in Austin. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by swagv: What's sadder is that most Web industry professionals at SXSW probably don't recognize that the term "internet" has a specific... 2 Responses | Other threads
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The Twitterati Head South, not to Mention Southwest
Can you destroy — or cement — your professional reputation in 140 characters or less? On Twitter, it's easy! Watch and learn from ABC's Jake Tapper, ex-Wonkette Ana Marie Cox, VentureBeat's Eric Eldon and others: More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by TRexstasy: I want Ana Marie Cox's job. Apparently all she does is drink and go to parties and occasionally poop... 2 Responses | Other threads
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rants
South By Southwest Is a Pointless Party
Why does the tech world get a throwdown in Austin when the banks have had to cancel their bashes? The news out of South By Southwest shows that Web hipsters are every bit as bankrupt. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Lizawithazee: Heh, you can tell they're from outta town when they drink Lone Star. 12 Responses | Other threads
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scandal
Is the New Foursquare Too Much Like the Old Dodgeball for Google?
Even though Google killed Dodgeball, Dennis Crowley reassured the socially inept that they'd still be able to find their friends at bars with his newly launched Foursquare. One problem: it may not be his. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by TedSez: Four square itself is a game that involves strategy as much as physical agility, and I killed at it when... 4 Responses | Other threads
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party report
SXSW, the Conference for Julia Allison and Other People Lacking Real Jobs
What recession? More than 10,000 revelers are expected for this year's SXSW Interactive conference in Austin, Texas this week. With no real work at hand, they're hitting the parties hard — especially the unofficial ones. More »
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By Scott KidderComment by if_i_only_had_a_heart: sxsw ... didn't that used to be a music convention? 3 Responses | Other threads
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Digg Founder Kevin Rose Meets Platonic Ideal of Digg User
Kevin Rose, founder of the Web headline-voting service Digg, meets a fan Saturday after a live Diggnation taping at the South By Southwest conference in Austin, Texas.
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By James DelComment by wasurhandle: What's with the wet stain on that guys shirt? Someone got Digged too hard. 5 Responses | Other threads
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twitterati
Hipsters Are Ruining Twitter, Say Hipsters on Twitter
Dear Facebook employee: If you're going to do something obvious and cliché like wearing cowboy boots to SXSW's geek spring break, please have the decency not to tell Twitter about it. Other Twitter idiocies today: More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by BaconCat: Jeebus, what if you live in NYC but you're from Texas and you wear boots because they're comfortable, go with... 18 Responses | Other threads
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rants
Web Developer Fantasizes About SXSW's 'South By Girls'
Every year, instead of heading to the beaches, geeks flock to Austin, Texas, to engage in a rite of spring called "South By Southwest." There's a conference, but who goes to that? More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Lizawithazee: Thanks for reminding me I have to eat at home and stay away from downtown the next 10 days. But... 7 Responses | Other threads
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las manitas
SXSW hangover joint closes
It's the end of an era, they'll all Twitter: Austin's Las Manitas Avenue Cafe has closed. Las Manitas, if you were too passed out to recall, is where the rest of us nursed our South By Southwest hangovers while uploading photos from the events that caused them to Flickr. If you didn't spill salsa verde on yourself there at least once while attending the warm-weather Web 2.0 junket, then why did you pay $400 to get into SXSW in the first place? (Photo by wordridden)
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Comment by drinkwater: Newsflash: Austin does not cease to exist for 50 weeks out of the non-SXSW year. Las Manitas is legendary, and... more » | Other threads
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geeks gone wild
Scoble spots a "fun shirt at SXSW"
Back in Austin, egoblogger Robert Scoble spotted Internet marketing consultant Stephanie Agresta at BlogHaus. He took one photo, then a second, close-up shot. Anyone want to take bets on Maryam Scoble attending SXSW next year? (Photo by Robert Scoble) -
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Abstruse 3D chart shows just how much engineers dislike Sarah Lacy
When techies get mad, as they did when Sarah Lacy interviewed Mark Zuckerberg at SXSW, they Twitter furiously. When they're still seething later, it seems, they put those Twitters in a spreadsheet and analyze them. Hence, Somewhere Inc. CEO Kee Hinckley's Anatomy of a Mob, which charts the frequency of the top 50 words Twittered over the hour Lacy and Zuckerberg spoke. Hinckley's conclusion: "The Twitter transcript makes it clear that there was an early and constant stream of negative comments flowing from a large number of senders." Lacy has cited live blog coverage as evidence that the mood stayed positive until the last 15 minutes of the interview; Hinckley's analysis — though relying on Twitter — would seem to argue against that. Even so, Hinckley is sympathetic: "She didn't deserve the abuse that was dished out on Twitter, let alone what happened in the auditorium." After the jump, an annotated video showing the Twitter reaction in sync with the interview. More »
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Comment by random_play: BEST. KEYNOTE. EVAR! Every keynote speech should come with its own drinking game. Communicate Efficiently! more » | Other threads
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valley spawn
Scoble promises to get his kid off World of Warcraft
Robert Scoble found Make Magazine's Phil Torrone at SXSW. After exchanging pleasantries, Phil made Robert promise to get his kid to do projects and get him off World of Warcraft. "Do you think the world's problems will be solved with World of Warcraft or by engineers?" -
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Average SXSW partier blows a 0.097
"What are you blowing?" Wired's Megan McCarthy asked blip.tv's Charles Hope the other night, offering him the chance to take a breathalyser test. His slightly puzzling answer: "HOT." Natalie Villalobos, a community manager from the Bay area answered: "Mostly boys." McCarthy polled five others as well, who actually blew into the damn thing. Their levels ranged from sober-dober (0.00) to "heyyyyI'm in Aushtin?hokeedohkee" (0.25).
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quotable
Sarah Lacy speaks out about Zuckerberg interview
Honestly, as painful as it was, I think it's ultimately a net positive for me. All most people hear is the vocal minority. I went to four parties Sunday night, was mobbed, and no one said a bad word. I haven't even gotten a single negative email. No one sees the hundreds of notes that have poured in supporting me, saying they were there and embarrassed, or the messages I've received from other Valley CEOs telling me they enjoyed the keynote and that we all get attacked at some point in our careers. It's just part of the job. Can't take the good without the bad.
Sarah Lacy shares her view on her SXSW Mark Zuckerberg interview. Hold on, let me fix that for you. "I me I I me I me." There, that's better. [I Want Media]
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Comment by Owen Thomas: @gregwalloch: Greg, you seem to have confused Valleywag with Sarah Lacy's inbox. more » | Other threads
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party report
Kevin Rose's parties bid SXSW goodbye
I've always loved to watch Mark Cuban dance — but Tuesday night I got to see the billionaire booty-shaker up close. The venue: PureVolume Ranch in Austin, Texas. The occasion: The Bigg Digg Shindigg, South by Southwest Interactive's closing party. "You guys always picked the worst photos of me," Cuban said. Mark, as I said at Sunday's panel on gossip, I live to serve. Digg packed PureVolume's dance floor and backyard tents with hundreds of partygoers. Besides Cuban, Moby was there, as were Digg CEO Jay Adelson and cofounder Kevin Rose, iLike CEO Ali Partovi, StumbleUpon's Garrett Camp, and Automattic's Matt Mullenweg. RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser had just flown in from Florida on a private jet. But for me the most interesting person was newly hired Digger Aubrey Sabala, who put the party together in three days — after Digg had given up on the idea. More » -
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The art of the SXSW orgy
The key to getting some after-hours action on the last night of SXSW: Have a plan after the party ends. Three steps simple enough for you to follow on your iPhone:- Choose a diner near your hotel. After 2 a.m., your options are Magnolia's Cafe, Katz's Deli, IHOP, or Denny's.
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Nerds battle rockers as SXSW turns to music
Tonight's Bigg Digg Shindigg will be our last dance, nerd promsters. The real guitar heroes are here in Austin now, skinny pants and all. The star closing panel of the day, The Futurists Sandbox, featured slides from P. T. Anderson's lovesong to '70s porn, Boogie Nights, played to a series of monologues to eulogize Dirk Diggler as if he were a real person who died in 2025. Not even dropping Larry Lessig's name roused the crowd from Twittering. Or maybe they mistook the packed-to-capacity conference room for PureVolume. -
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We don't need your Internet marketing, say music labels
"I need more marketing and promotion on the Internet like I need a root canal without anesthetic," Capitol Records' Ted Mico told an audience at the "Ad-Supported Music, a New Hope for the Industry?" panel today at the South by Southwest conference in Austin. Fledging music startups seeking licenses from major labels frequently try to offer "marketing and promotion" in exchange for concessions on deal points. But as Beggars' Group's Simon Wheeler said, "Promotion is great, but only when it's built on a sound commercial base." The song remains the same: Show them the money.
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By Scott KidderComment by zbizzle: Ted Mico works at Interscope/Geffen/A&M. He left Capitol Records in early 2007. more » | Other threads
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nerdspotting
"Don't pitch me, bro" T-shirt maker Andrew Hyde
There I was minding my own business, and up pops Andrew Hyde, creator of VCWear.com, the VC-mocking apparel maker we wrote about recently.
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By Owen ThomasComment by Michael J Lambie: these shirts are so fresh. anyone know of the secret discount code? more » | Other threads
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Wired reminds you the good-looking people in Austin are actors
Including portaits and thumbnail sketches, Wired's Megan McCarthy posted on the "Faces of SXSW: Geeks and Film Freaks." Read it and you'll discover that venture capitalist David Hornik uses both Twitter and Pownce. You'll learn that MyToons founder Jessica Beers's dream job is being the MyToons founder. And, taking a close look at the portraits, you'll remember why you stayed home.
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Comment by jbeers: Hey guys - Sx was awesome, and I loved wallowing in the glorious geekiness. Thought I'd take a moment to quickly clarify... more » | Other threads
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live coverage
True confessions of the world's busiest websites
Do not want fail? Why then, can has win, say the folks behind the curtains at Flickr, Digg, Media Temple, and StumbleUpon. Six of them showed up at a panel organized by Kevin Rose to explain how to make websites that stay online, more or less. Being a not very clever gossip, I just listened in for the quips. Oh, and the drama. Automattic founder Matt Mullenweg almost didn't make it. Check out how his fellow panelists updated the lineup right before he showed up. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by dalasv: "but don't afflict buggy code" I think you meant "inflict". more » | Other threads
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mashable
Blogging for Mashable: so easy a caveman can do it
Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins wasn't cutting it, so Mashable founder Pete Cashmore found his replacement at Rana Sobhany's Crush Party at Six Lounge Monday night. A disclaimer: as far as we know, Hopkins still has a job and that isn't a real caveman. As far as we know.
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Comment by corbett3000: I have a feeling Pete didn't make this, but a caveman morph of mr. cashmore just showed up on iheart... more » | Other threads
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breakfast tacos
The cure for the common hangover
AUSTIN, TX — I almost didn't sleep last night. At 4 a.m., after posting party reports foryou ungrateful bastardsmy gorgeous, intelligent readers, I considered just powering through until my breakfast meeting with the boss, who was flying back to New York in the morning. Instead, I caught a disco nap. Even so, I arrived at the PureVolume ranch looking more rested than the weary souls shuffling in for free breakfast tacos. If you haven't had an Austin-style breakfast taco — soft tortilla with eggs and bacon or chorizo — then you should reflect on the direction your life is taking and what you can do to amend your ways. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by TravisDee: Owen, Owen, Owen. A disco nap is what you take *before* you go out to party till dawn. more » | Other threads
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caption contest
Expect Robert Scoble's 1,535-word post on this encounter any minute. (Photo by Caroline McCarthy)
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Friends don't let friends get tattoos at SXSW
As I stumbled around the streets of Austin, a girl lurched out of an RV and accosted me, insisting that I photograph her freshly acquired tattoo. Do you <3 it as much as she does?
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By Owen ThomasComment by Michael J Lambie: This particulcar tattoo didn't come from a girl on an RVIPLounge did it? more » | Other threads
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At SXSW, even the cavemen are getting action
Wishing you were in Austin? This video won't help. In it, a caveman — some say he's a Microsoft employee — attempts to pick up fanboy favorite iJustine at a SXSW party held Monday night at Six Lounge. "I'm not into technology," he tells her. "I'm into human connection." And she doesn't even pull a Lacy-to-Arrington on him. -
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Pay Per Post pawn's party-crash ploy played out
After the line to get into PureVolume Ranch hit capacity around 2 a.m., the RVIP Lounge played host to a raucously geeky afterparty. As we idled outside the Hilton, this fellow from Pay Per Post, a company even Arrington thinks is evil, tried — and failed — to board. Party maestro Jonathan Grubb denied him. The grounds? Part of the fun of owning an RV is that you can decide who not to share it with. The dude's response, after pouting that he "wasn't interested in [Grubb's] RV anyway"? Slinking out of his Pay Per Post t-shirt and attempt to sneak in later. I snapped this photo of him hovering in the doorway, mid-fail, for your pleasure.
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Comment by standupformyfriends: Honestly, I was there with Travis and he simply wanted to enjoy the night and hang with some fellow colleagues... more » | Other threads
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Julia Allison is not dating Pete Cashmore
Mashable's Pete Cashmore and geekophile Julia Allison are not seeing each other, they'd like you all to know.
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By Owen ThomasComment by Web2PointOhShit: Er, isn't it a kinda 'known secret' in the trade that Pete Cashmore is a 'friend of Owens'? more » | Other threads
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party report
SXSW bar crawl begins in earnest
AUSTIN, TX — A confession: Between the rain pouring down and the rumors pouring in, I didn't even make it to the Austin Convention Center today for any of SXSW's official programming. A show veteran granted me absolution: "No one makes it to the third day." The third night, however, was not optional. The hot ticket: Facebook's Get.friends party at Pangaea. The Crush party at Six Lounge a half-block down Colorado Street was the chill-out alternative. Scott Kidder and I hopped between the two, snapping pictures all the while. Mazyar "Mazy" Kazerooni of OpenHulu fame joined up for the party tour. At Six, I found myself sandwiched between Sarah Lacy and Julia Allison, SXSW's two controversy magnets. Back at Pangaea, I spotted Dave McClure grooving ecstatically to BT, the electronica artist Facebook evangelist Dave Morin picked for the event. (Don't tell Morin: BT has a MySpace page.) The afterparty? It took so long to get going anywhere that we ended up having it outside on Colorado Street, where Wired's Megan McCarthy administered breathalyzer tests. More photos: More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by treyp: "Facebook's Get.friends party" no, Friends.get. It's a method on the API. this post sounds like it belongs to livejournal more than valleywag,... more » | Other threads
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drunkblogging
Where everyone on "casual encounters" knows your name
At a party for SXSW in Austin tonight, a man who got back to me too late to have an anonymous three-way screw back in January approached. Did he recognize me from my half-photo on Craigslist? Had he saved my voicemail chastising him for missing the fun, in which I'd said "You can't get this on Facebook"? Did he want to catch up on the missed opportunity? Yes, yes, and yes ... but then he turned to Owen Thomas and pitched his startup. Look, bub, you may get your chance with me yet. But after hearing your pitch, you'd better have more staying power than your company. -
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Server logs show no one cares about SXSW
Good news for Web 2.0 embedded reporter Sarah Lacy: Compared to Gene Simmons's sad, sad sex video and rumors of Jimmy Wales's misbehavior, most of the planet couldn't care less about your Mark Zuckerberg interview trainwreck in Austin over the weekend. In fact, hardly anyone wants to read about the South by Southwest conference at all. Zuckerberg's keynote limped in at 1/700th the traffic of my last Steve Jobs event for Engadget. Maybe next year SXSW can do a panel on the risks of getting your worldview from Techmeme.
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By Paul BoutinComment by Ray Wert: I'd like to point out we also had some "tech issues" yesterday due to the new "skin" on all of... more » | Other threads
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Facebook spends $50,000 of Microsoft's money on investor's nightclub
Microsoft's $200 million is not all going to buy servers, as Mark Zuckerberg would like you to think. He splashed out $50,000 to rent Pangaea, an Austin nightclub, for the week, or so a doorman said as he turned away a local the other night. Pangaea is part-owned by Ken Howery of the Founders Fund, a Facebook investor. The payoff of this cozy arrangement: When Zuckerberg needed to do damage control a day after his tragicomic keynote interview, he had a stage at the ready. (Photo by Yelp/Kevin N.)
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By Owen ThomasComment by fewie: this is why zuck must go [abclocal.go.com] more » | Other threads
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nightlife
The PureVolume Ranch
Sure, South by Southwest is wall-to-wall parties — there are almost two dozen official parties tonight, not to mention the unofficial ones. But what to do when the parties end and the official open bars close? Head to the "PureVolume Ranch," a week-long party put together by the social music site PureVolume.com. The PureVolume parties have always been some of the best in town. This year they upped the ante with a giant, tented outdoor space, complete with dancing, open bar, and live music — all until close at 4 a.m. More » -
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clips
The full, hour-long Mark Zuckerberg SXSW 2008 keynote interview, via AllFacebook.
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With Randi and Brandee, Dave McClure feels dandy
At Sunday's SXSW afterparty, Facebook fanboy Dave McClure acquired a fan club: Facebookers Web-video auteur Randi Jayne (née Zuckerberg) and Brandee Barker, chief damage-control officer. More photos from the party, after the jump; your best headlines in the comments. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by DaveMcClure500Hats: @HumphreyBogus: um, yo doofus. in case you forgot, you're leaving a comment on *VALLEYWAG*. wake the fuck up, and move your butt... more » | Other threads
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Lesson for Zuckerberg: How to hold a conversation
Admit it: Attractive women intimidate you. So you'd like to blame yesterday's keynote travesty on Sarah Lacy. She talked way too much, it's true. But Zuck's problem is tha he doesn't know how to hold a conversation like a human. He's more like Summer Glau's Terminator in the Sarah Connor Chronicles: He refuses to respond to any sentence during an interview that doesn't start with a who, what, where, when, or why and end with a lilting vocal question mark. Zuck, we're here to help. We know you're too busy to read "How To Master The Art of Conversation." For you, sir, the 100-word version. More »
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Comment by raincoaster: @Nicholas Carlson: SHOULD, yes. But I guess his parents didn't teach him that part of being a grownup. more » | Other threads
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Mashable's Pete Cashmore and Robert Scoble at the Pure Volume Ranch last night in Austin.
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party report
Sunday-night cocktail recipe: Sweet Caroline, dash of bitters, stir
Think of a high-school reunion held the day after you graduate: That was the vibe at the Side Bar Sunday night, where Gawker Media (publisher of fine weblog media products) threw a party for Valleywag and our sister sites, io9 and Lifehacker. We won Twitter praise for the free beer and minimal line out front, despite the wall-to-wall crowd in the Side Bar's expansive patio. Valleywag alumna Megan McCarthy, whom I never see in San Francisco — yes, she's been avoiding me — showed up toting Wired's award for best website started before most SXSW attendees were born.Vile videoblogger Loren Feldman showed up and didn't say anything truly nasty, to my disappointment.Julia Allison appeared, dressed as Julia Allison with a furry, green hat. Scott Beale and Brian Solis were on hand lensing everyone; Beale caught me and Caroline McCarthy of News.com having a moment, above. More photos, after the jump. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Michael J Lambie: that was another great party! definitely enjoyed myself at this one. more » | Other threads
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