One of the panels I missed at SXSWi06 was Running Your New Media Business. I’m in niche-defining mode again, so I listened to the podcast with some interest. There are two questions primarily on my mind: What is my business? My criteria are that it’s a clear value, easily understood, is something I like, and [...]
Just FYI, Kathy Sierra’s SXSW 2006 session How to Create Passionate Users is available now in mp3 format. She said at the beginning of the session that this was originally a 3.5 hour presentation…she crunched it into an hour, with a zillion slides. It was one of the best presentations at the festival. Via the [...]
It’s the week after SXSW, and I’m still pulling my thoughts together. There’s been a lot of retrospective articles posted already in the blogosphere—yikes, is this the first time I’ve typed “blogosphere” out loud?—so I’m not sure what to add. The burning question is how to explain SXSW to my 70+ year-old Dad. He’s pretty [...]
I finally created a Flickr account, and have uploaded my set of photos. Haven’t finished tagging them with names. Help appreciated :-) UPDATE: Here are a few more: Flickr tagged dave seah Flickr tagged david seah
Packing it up, about to head to the airport. I really want to put on my badge one last time and head to the convention center, but it’s back to the real world and to real work. On the positive side, I am excited and energized and ready to dive back into it with a [...]
And as quickly as it began, SXSWI2006 is over. I’m sitting in my hotel room sorting out the events of the day in my head, transcribing my impressions of the panels. I have filled over half of a composition notebook with notes, and have enough source material for maybe the next couple of months. Yes, [...]
I am so tired! I hung out with JWynia at the hotel waiting for my ride, and ended up just taking a cab with his posse. We had a great conversation about forming our own networks (we were both at the Zeldman “Roll Your Own Web Conference” session yesterday). Also had a good time at [...]

