Fearless Leader at SXSW

February 24, 2005 4:04 PM

Fearless Leader will be at SXSW in a few weeks. Who else?
posted by Asparagirl to MetaFilter Gatherings at 4:04 PM (26 comments total)

(Not me, bah. Friend's wedding shower in NYC. Someone take notes on the panel and post photos?)
posted by Asparagirl at 4:05 PM on February 24, 2005

Who else?
Billy Idol
posted by thomcatspike at 4:19 PM on February 24, 2005

ha! They even used my title on my bio, web dork.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 4:34 PM on February 24, 2005

Hmm, I've seen pictures of Newmark in articles about craigslist.org and they didn't look like that guy on his bio page.
posted by PY at 4:41 PM on February 24, 2005

yeah, that's not craig at all. heh, they took the wrong photo from the management page.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 4:45 PM on February 24, 2005

Interesting. The description says two web pioneers will discuss their approaches but lists three speakers. Is this a subtle hint to one of the three? Or is someone a moderator?
posted by mmahaffie at 4:46 PM on February 24, 2005

mathowie, if you go to any parties at sxsw, make sure to watch your purse! btw, does anyone know if they release transcripts of the symposia? Because although many of us can't attend, it would be interesting to read the dialogues...
posted by naxosaxur at 4:50 PM on February 24, 2005

Molly is the moderator, though she's run her own communities before.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 4:51 PM on February 24, 2005

The description says two web pioneers will discuss their approaches but lists three speakers. Is this a subtle hint to one of the three? Or is someone a moderator?

Two pioneers, plus one dork. Two plus one = three. Easy.
posted by carter at 5:39 PM on February 24, 2005

Ana Marie Cox, why do I resent you so much?
posted by Mean Mr. Bucket at 6:03 PM on February 24, 2005

Oh good. A moderator.

By the way. Good thing there have been so many major floop-flapples in MetaTalk lately. Should give you great material!
posted by mmahaffie at 6:19 PM on February 24, 2005

Buy the Brothers Chaps a beer on me.
posted by Saucy Intruder at 6:32 PM on February 24, 2005

Getting back on track...I'll be there. It was looking like there might be a MoFi meetup during Interactive...I wonder if that's still on.
posted by amandaudoff at 6:42 PM on February 24, 2005

I AM NOT

[stalking]

MATHOWIE
posted by scarabic at 6:54 PM on February 24, 2005

*raises hand*
posted by whatnot at 6:54 PM on February 24, 2005

the hand raising is in the "I'm going too" sense, and not the "I too am stalking mathowie" sense.
posted by whatnot at 6:56 PM on February 24, 2005

So on the subject of "how to grow an online community," will you be sharing adventures and misadventures in opening the floodgates to $5 noobs? How much of it will be "how to" and how much will be "how not to?"
posted by scarabic at 6:56 PM on February 24, 2005

The most interesting part of any "how to" session is always the "here's what I screwed up" part.
posted by mmahaffie at 6:59 PM on February 24, 2005

er, as I didn't want to post it on the front page, I'll just sneak it in here as there is #1 talk.

A boingboing piece mentioning Sir Matt.
posted by edgeways at 7:33 PM on February 24, 2005

I'll be there, too. (Shameless plug for my own panel.)
posted by me3dia at 7:33 PM on February 24, 2005

I went to SXSW a few years ago... a cursory look at the site shows me that it's the same faces this year as then. Be sure to let us all know if anything new happens this year.
posted by crunchland at 7:33 PM on February 24, 2005

heh, crunchland, you are correct in many ways. I've done panels that were "here's how to make a community" and "wow, communities are really hard" and "sometimes users are jerks" in the past, and I'm hoping we can break new ground. We'll probably focus on the future of community stuff or taboo subjects like money and how to reward good behavior.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 8:07 PM on February 24, 2005

I'll be there, no plug, you can find my site. As we got closer to the event, I was going to ask about a Mefi meetup.

So, Mefi Meetup?
posted by erisfree at 4:32 AM on February 25, 2005

I'll be there, just found out today. One of my sites is a finalist! W00t!
posted by o2b at 1:56 PM on February 25, 2005

Yep, I'll be there. Er, here. At SXSW, anyway. Totally down for a meetup.
posted by majcher at 3:06 PM on February 25, 2005

anyone gonna be at sxsw music?
posted by Hat Maui at 4:48 PM on February 25, 2005