Entries tagged “battledecks”

After all of the fun with the Snoop Dogg video a little while back, I figured I'd include some videos that are a bit closer to home, both from this past weekend's SXSW interactive festival.

First, Rocketboom captured the Battledecks competition, where I was thrilled to have shared the stage with a number of really funny people in trying to improvise a presentation in front of slides we'd never seen before.

Then, the following day, Mike Pusateri recorded a time lapse of the kickball game.

I especially love the taco break there in the middle, when everyone runs to go eat breakfast tacos. Yum!

Blogging's been light because this part of March is the heart of the conference season for me, usually stretching for a few exhausting weeks on the road. My new goal this year was to take it a little easier, pace myself better, get more sleep and exercise, and then try to make the things I do participate in get enough focus that they're done well.

That seems to be working out, especially as I come back to SXSW for the first time in years. Some nice mentions in Wired talking about my Battledecks presentation (see also a video clip which captures most of the presentation), both Valleywag and CNet talking about this year's amazingly-successful kickball game, and a really amusing bunch of conversations on Twitter that show just how much people like a pithy soundbite when participating in a panel. It's been fun seeing everybody in person, but I can't say I'm not ready to go home.