SXSW Interactive Is Dead

nickdouglas:

I wrote a little essay for SF Weekly’s culture blog. It’s about how VIP sections ruined SXSWi.

The first comment says I’m discredited because I edit an AOL blog. Lulz!

The big / official parties are for the new people at Southby. Experienced Southby’ers know better than to waste time on those and simply connect with their friends in one of the many bars and restaurants using Twitter, 4SQ or Gowalla. I did, and it was one of the best and most “magical” Southby’s of my life.

If you happen to host one of the offcial parties, suck it up. Don’t talk nonsense about SXSWi being “dead” when it was the most vivid SXSW ever. Not as intimate perhaps, but very much alive. (also, I didn’t even know there were any VIP sections at all until I read your post.)

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  1. vdovault reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    I remember when SXSW the original music edition was killed in same way (before 2000). The kids spending hundreds on...
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  4. nickdouglas reblogged this from kenyatta and added:
    Of course then I run into another problem, which is just not knowing there’s a party. :( My three favorite events this...
  5. kurafire reblogged this from nickdouglas and added:
    The big / official parties are...the new people at Southby. Experienced Southby’ers know...
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  7. justinday reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    I definitely felt this vibe this year. I’m really glad our party went off so well. We ended up being overflow from the...
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  9. moth reblogged this from kenyatta and added:
    nickdouglas writes:...kenyatta responds:...Definitely. The...
  10. kenyatta reblogged this from nickdouglas and added:
    This is why Tim and...throw our Rocketboom + Next New Networks SXSW nonparty as
  11. steampoweredmedia reblogged this from nickdouglas and added:
    It’s too bad you had to talk to your friends through a VIP fence....mean, the bother of it...
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