Maslow Forgot about Beer™ » Guy Kawasaki http://www.seanstoner.com/blog My irreverent musings on the nature of things . . . . Thu, 04 Nov 2010 01:38:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Maslow has been Alltopped! http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2008/04/10/maslow-has-been-alltopped/ http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2008/04/10/maslow-has-been-alltopped/#comments Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:50:12 +0000 Sean http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2008/04/10/maslow-has-been-alltopped/ Well I’m not 100% sure if it’s in the same tier as beer when it comes to the hierarchy of needs, but being on Alltop.com is pretty effing bad ass. And check this out – I’m listed twice on Alltop.com. Once under life.alltop.com and once under twitterati.alltop.com (apparently my irreverent drunk tweets are amusing to some)! What can I say? (In reality I stole Guy Kawasaki’s Glock from him and demanded the listing, but it’s the results that count, right??) Alltop.com is a virtual magazine rack, where you can choose from a huge variety of topics and get a quick scan of the content from each source by just hovering over your interest. So go check out Alltop.com now!

We’re in Alltop.com!

 

Twitterati on Alltop.com!

In any case, Guy quickly got up into a crane stance and deftly kicked the gun from my hands and pointed it back at me. He told me I better put up some Alltop.com badges!! While I cannot hold a candle to the badges created by the Bloggess, I was nevertheless inspired.

It’s better than allcrap!

It’s better than allcrap!

Eat your heart out Guy!

]]> http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2008/04/10/maslow-has-been-alltopped/feed/ 3 SXSW: My Take, Part I http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2008/03/13/sxsw-my-take-part-i/ http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2008/03/13/sxsw-my-take-part-i/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:30:52 +0000 Sean http://www.seanstoner.com/blog/2008/03/13/sxsw-my-take-part-i/ This is my first blog post (of many, to be sure) about South by Southwest interactive, a large media and technology conference in Austin, Texas. This is the second SXSWi I have ever attended, the first having been 10 years prior, when I was a panelist on one of the first interactive panels ever, covering successful entrepreneurs under 30 and lessons learned. Boy has SXSWi grown!! I really had no idea as to the magnitude of the interactive portion of the conference; had I known, I would have been a veteran by now. Suffice it to say, I will not miss another.

I’m going to keep this initial post very short since I just got back to Houston and am tired as hell and need a few days to recoup and recall everything. For the sake of brevity, I’ll highlight some things I learned about SXSW, in no particular order of importance:

  • twitter is essential to knowing what is going on and where it’s happening
  • beer is served promptly starting at 3 pm in the bloghaus (critically important)
  • the numerous parties are on the schedule until 4 am and very much a part of the event (as are flash mob parties through twitter)
  • you know people more by their twitter handle than their real names
  • you don’t sleep; show up with a huge sleep surplus or bring some Provigil
  • the tone of the conference is irreverent and raw; people cuss during sessions and keynotes
  • bring comfortable shoes
  • bring extra phone batteries or have your charger with you (twitter drains it quickly through SMS if you’re tracking a lot of things)
  • don’t track “zuckerberg” through twitter and SMS during his keynote; your phone will experience epic fail
  • hallway conversations are as important (or more so) than sessions
  • network and get to know as many people as possible (I failed a little bit in this regard due to severe sleep deprivation and my usual shyness, or “closet extroversion” as Dan Light brilliantly put it – not next time!)
  • take business cards with you next time, dumb ass!
  • Guy Kawasaki is the most kick-ass, easy going, VC ever. Period.
  • Hugh MacLeod got a kick out of my last name (but added I didn’t look like a stoner . . .)
  • spend lots of time in the bloghaus blogging, playing guitar hero, eating, drinking and tweeting
  • you drink a lot (no really, a lot)
  • keep your laptop charged at all times!
  • Macs outnumber PC laptops 30 to 1 (at least)
  • twitter!! (again) – it is an important back channel, or the conversation of the collective consciousness
  • don’t let Sarah Lacy interview you if you’re doing a keynote and you’re a young billionaire
  • even if you don’t own a computer and can’t spell blog, this conference is still the deal of the century with all the great people, films, venues, music, booze and food you can enjoy
  • Geek and good-looking are not mutually exclusive (quite the contrary methinks, especially when you’re doubly turned on by someone with looks and brains)
  • the conference is completely casual and everyone is approachable no matter their status

I could go on and on. I have many post motifs drafted from the conference which I will flush out soon, once my sleep patterns have recovered and my long term memory is functional. In the meantime, I urge everyone to read Daniel Light’s most kick-ass post about the show. I think it nails it on the head. Until next time!

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