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a recap of “clients are not the target audience, users are”, from sxswi 2011

I recently had the honor of speaking at South by Southwest Interactive Festival, and had an even greater honor in meeting and leading the conversation with the extremely smart and talented Anton @repponen , an associate creative director at fantasy interactive ( @F_i ) in new york. I…

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passion. a festival. and a challenge. a recap of sxswi 2011

It was everything I could have imagined, and more. Which is saying alot, considering that I’ve dreamt of going for almost a decade. Not many things in life live up to expectations, but the 2011 south by southwest interactive festival certainly did. In an attempt for brevity, I will summarize…

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big suprise! I’ll be speaking — prepping for #sxswi 2011

So I got some great news yesterday, rode home to a gorgeous sunset on my bike, and then got some even greater news,

I’ll be speaking at #sxsw in just a few months! oh yeah!

So my topic officially is “Clients are not the target audience. Users are.” More info…

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An early list of my favorite sxsw panels

I’m diving headfirst into sxsw interactive this year, and i’m already stoked about the conference just from browsing through the proposed panels on the panelpicker. i do have a proposed panel, just in case you want to check it out.

before jumping into my early favorites, i do…

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What others say

Yesterday I took a walk through downtown Austin to take a break from the screen, and I decided to drop by a local art museum to check it out.

I eneded up not browsing the collection but rather chatted with the attendant instead. We talked about the museum, austin culture,…

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country music, detroit sheet metal, and web design

so this spring i was driving down a country back road in beautiful colorado, and i happened to meander over to the local country music station, where the lyrics to the current song really grabbed my attention. i never caught the artist or the name of the song, but the…

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