Recap of the SXSW panel – Inside FunnyorDie.com ~ http://my.sxsw.com/events/event/7887
Panelists are Richard Glover, CEO of Funny or Die – Andrew Steele, Chief Creative Officer (writer at SNL for 13 years)
“The secret to the internet is swearing – especially kids cursing – and naked women” – Andrew Steele
“I really think we are at a point where [...]

Photo from Flickr user TommyC
http://my.sxsw.com/events/eid/7679
Panelists:

Neil Marshall – The Descent
Quentin Tarantino canceled :(
Robert Rodriguez – Sin City
Matt Reeves – Cloverfield
Scott Weinberg
Ruben Fleischer – Zombieland
Ti West- the House of the Devil
Moderator: Scott Weinberg – fearnet.com, cinematical

Highlights:
Topic 1 – MPAA Ratings Board

Tactics to getting what you want: Add shock at the beginning so they can give me something [...]

My first SXSW panel! Presenter is Josh Knowles – anscillate.com – here’s the recap:
Game designers design for those “weirdly satisfying interactions” – found in classic arcade games, recalling random trivia, etc. Increase the activity, make it better for the user.

How these translate to every day life – on and offline

American Idol – turns pop music [...]

It’s been 2010 for just a few weeks and I am already feeling behind. I plan to come back from SXSW Interactive (did I mention I’m going?) with a list of Books to Read – so I wanted to get the initial list – books on my radar already in 2010 – out first. Look for book reviews coming soon!

Photo #3,000 on Facebook
I crossed number 25 off my 101 in 1001 list: Get to 3,000 pictures tagged on Facebook. Number three thousand features my wonderful, vivacious, beautiful, hilarious friend and coworker Courtney Pemberton. Taken at the wedding of another wonderful woman, the one and only Brandius. Love!