March 2006

March 15, 2006

Wake Up Sick - 2

Here’s hoping today’s recipients of The Indie Virus wake up with a bad case of the next riduclous search string to hit the blogosphere.

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March 14, 2006

Back to Reality - 1

People tend to get sad when they have to come home from a particularly enjoyable vacation experience, but I don’t really fall into this category. Anymore, after 4 or 5 days away from home, I’m ready to get back to both normalcy and, most of all, my dogs. Although I was absolutely ready to hop on the plane this morning and return to Louisville, I had some different thoughts about this trip and how geography plays a huge role in dictating your personal reality.

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March 13, 2006

Traffic Light Logic - 17

During the summer of 2001, I worked at the Air Liquide corporate offices in Houston, TX, as a lowly intern. Besides sneaking out of work every day at 2:30 pm to go play golf, one of the things I remember most about my first experience in Texas is the way the traffic lights were configured. Weird, I know, but allow me to explain.

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March 13, 2006

More Blogspotting - 0

Some more blog personalities spotted this week include…

Okay, I gotta pay attention to this microformats presentation…Looks like cool stuff.

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March 12, 2006

Blogspotting - 1

Through Saturday, here’s who I’ve seen and recognized (but not necessarily talked to) at this year’s SXSW:

Aaron Wall
Andy Hagans
David Seah
Peter Flaschner
Paul Scrivens
Mike Rundle
Amanda Congdon

Vally vally intevesting…but schtoopid!

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March 11, 2006

More Non A-List Gems - 9

Although it looks like SXSW has brought the blogosphere to a screeching halt, I still want to infect a few more people with The Indie Virus while I’ve got some idle time. After one day of the experiment, exactly zero links are showing up on Technorati. Of course, if you’ve followed Technorati for any amount of time, then you know my last sentence carries about as much weight as a girl who is two weeks pregnant.

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March 11, 2006

The Art of Presentation - 0

I was all jazzed up to see and hear the presentations in the exhibit entitled “AJAX: What Do I Need to Know?” After thirty minutes of ugly slideshows, improperly tuned microphones, and piss poor public speaking, I decided I’d had enough, and I retreated to the much more interesting exhibit, “We Got Naked, Now What?”

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March 10, 2006

The Virus You Want to Catch - 33

I’m starting a new experiment tonight that I’d like to have some fun with over the coming weeks, but there’s a catch - I’m going to need some help from you, my critical-thinking, curious readers. Essentially, I want to launch a viral linking campaign with some pretty loose guidelines for the links. I’ve constructed this in such a way that I (or anyone else who’s interested) will be able to monitor the progress of the experiment as it (hopefully) spreads across the blogosphere.

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March 10, 2006

Mr. Planner - 0

Okay, so I have a quick confessional to make. Before arriving here, I didn’t look at any of the presentations that were on the docket for SXSW, so I had absolutely no idea where I’d be going or what I’d be doing on any particular day. Really nice planning for my industry’s biggest shindig, don’t you think?

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March 10, 2006

We’re in Austin! - 1

After much turbulence and senseless delays on a flying vascillator puddle jumper, Courtney and I arrived in Austin for South by Southwest at about 5:30 EST. We were able to upgrade our rental car from a Ford Focus to a Pontiac Grand Prix (without DUBs, tho - *sigh*), but the one catch is that I can’t drive the car because I’m not yet 25. This works out great for me, though, because I get to ride around with my face pasted to the windows while I ogle the new terrain.

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