do you know i love you?



i do.

really all i have tried to do in life was express this.

all the pictures all the sounds all the videos

all the words all the links all the tales

only reason i go out at night to party is so i have something nice to tell you in the morn

and then ironically i ended up in a place where i cant tell you all the tales

which means we all have to work on our esp better

or just know the root of it all which also ironically is above.

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portrait of a man not pacing himself well



the plan was to drink beer. beer only.

the plan wasnt to kiss any canadian girls in texas, just texans.

maybe austrailians.

the plan was to keep the blinds open so that the sun would be the alarm clock.

plan was to do most of the blogging from inside the panels.

plan was to eat well and even run around town in the early morn

or at least go to the gym every other day.

plan was to have all wires, electric equipment, tools, ready and tested.

best laid plansll never get you laid.

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tonight i learned that not everyone should karaoke



just one lesson in a surprisingly full and good day

here it is 355am and i cant believe that im bidding you all a bonne nuit.

until demain

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heading off to the 20 x 2 dealie something they do every year at sxsw



20 participants rock for 2 minutes with help of slides, video, music, etc

super fun. glenda, micki (pictured) and many other cool kids will perform

speaking of cool, Brand X is hosting my SXSW photo essays. heres the first one, from iphone pics

the newer ones ll be better

kthnxbi!

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this is what it looks like in a huge panel discussion



this is a great one about Twitter tools moderated by Guy Kawasaki. Scoble was able to make it on the panel. thank god.

the hashtag is #twittertools

theyre trying to figure out what are the best tools in which to maximize yr twitter experience

and now theyre talking about who could dethrone twitter

the panel thinks facebook could possibly, but probably wont

finally theyre getting around to Google Buzz but even that isnt a huge threat.

foursquare and gowalla is now being talked about.

what i love about these panels is, they are good conversations, but how do you predict these trends? twitter was here as Blogger in '03 but how could anyone have predicted twitter's splash in '06 and dominance today?

so even though its fun to speculate, you cant really see the future of this world because it market really does think outside the box.

who on earth would have thought that a cap at 140 characters, via something americans werent using that much (SMS text messaging) would be The Answer for what was missing in social media?

update: Ev's Twitter keynote is getting decidedly mixed reviews - i keep telling you hes soft spoken!

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its hard to really fathom how big Twitter really is even here at SXSW



but i guess one of the best ways is to understand that robert scoble was

allegedly

turned away at the door of the twitter party

and had to settle for the mashable bash.

but because that was just a rumor it didnt make it into the Tech post i wrote about last night's coolest and hardest-to-get-in sxsw interactive party.

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two of my favorite people: one works for me, the other works for all of us



mr evan williams and mr mark milian at the Twitter Party at sxsw.

black joe lewis played and were terrific.

so many people wanted to get in, not even Robert Scoble could work his magic

but those of us who were lucky enough to slide in were treated by cool peeps, free beers

and excellent conversations with some of the most powerful people in the internets.

afterwards i followed my nose and found a late nite bbq place and got a brisket sandwich

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tonight there are lots of parties


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like tonight Google and Blogger have their bash



blog ads and pbs have their annual deal starring a concert by Band of Skulls



and twitter has their first official sxsw party (i think) right on 6th st



and yet all i can do is think of you



and how much youd like the food and drink and odd situations



for example today me and amy saw this cub fan posing with the dallas cowboy cheerleaders



the state of montana booth next door didnt seem to mind

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the most important feature of hotels is the do not disturb technology




most places have little door handle signs. those arent any good



some have do not disturb on one side and hey please come in on the other



those are the worst. sometimes you accidentally are showing the wrong side. or jokestersll flip em



the best technology involves the sign being part of the door. like a slider. or a lock.



like maybe if you put the deadlock on the door a little sign is revealed saying dont disturb



cuz maybe you have the deadlock on cuz you were on a party bus all night



and daylight savings has suddenly become your frienemy.

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