SXSW Interactive Is Dead

kenyatta:

nickdouglas:

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

This is why Tim and I throw our Rocketboom + Next New Networks SXSW nonparty as a last minute announcement. Sure, it doesn’t get us any PR but we get people there and we have a good time. No lines, no VIP sections, no problem.

Of course then I run into another problem, which is just not knowing there’s a party. :( My three favorite events this year were the Gawker party, the Urlesque party (small invite-only thing where I got to play co-host with my boss Kelly Reeves), and the RVIP Karaoke Lounge (which is an RV roving around Austin and was satirically named back when SXSWi had no VIP sections).

Notes

  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...
  2. cvxn reblogged this from fek
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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. nickdouglas reblogged this from justinday and added:
    THIS is why Foursquare can make big parties into shitshows. Everyone wants to be at the same place. Users don’t add...
  6. nickdouglas reblogged this from kurafire and added:
    Agreed that there’s a good way to get around the VIP bullshit – and I have to admit that I liked the Gawker party. I...
  7. kurafire reblogged this from nickdouglas and added:
    The big / official parties are...the new people at Southby. Experienced Southby’ers know...
  8. ronenreblogs reblogged this from kenyatta
  9. 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...
  10. soupsoup reblogged this from kenyatta
  11. moth reblogged this from kenyatta and added:
    nickdouglas writes:...kenyatta responds:...Definitely. The...
  12. kenyatta reblogged this from nickdouglas and added:
    This is why Tim and...throw our Rocketboom + Next New Networks SXSW nonparty as
  13. 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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