jackhollingsworth.com has a 1200 SF studio available to rent for meetings or parties during SXSW. it’s completely open, has a full kitchen, with tables and chairs to accommodate upward of 50-75 guests. we’re located in penn field at 3601 south congress, suite G200. if interested, please contact lilia medina, our business manager, at lilia.medina@jackhollingsworth.com or 512-320-0803. price is negotiable.

the studios of jackhollingsworth.com (located in penn field at 3601 south congress, suite G200, austin, 78704) would like to host a digital photography meet up on MONDAY, MARCH 10, 5:00-6:30pm. no agenda, other than a general ‘meet and greet’ to wrap about the state of digital photography today. both pro and amateur photographers welcome. if interested, please email me at jack@jackhollingsworth.com.

For all the college and university folk (and of course, all the friends of college and university folk!) come by and mix it up at the best interactive conference in the land!

Meetup to put some faces to all the people we talk to on listservs all year. We’ll help kick off SXSW 2008 right and give you a chance to meet other attendees from the education sector!

When: 7:00 PM
Where: Maggie Mae’s (323 E 6th St.)

Come and go as you please as we’ll be very close to other SXSWi opening parties!
If you can, please RSVP at: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/443324/

The SXSW Interactive Mobile Companion (http://webclip2go.com/sxsw08) is a free mobile web application that lets you access everything about the conference right there on your mobile phone. You can check:

* Panel schedule by day
* Session abstracts
* Official and unofficial conference blogs and wikis
* Blogs of conference speakers (full posts w/ comments)
* SXSW parties!
* Austin local news
* Music and film listings by venue in the Austin area
* and much more …

All you need is to load the following URL in your mobile phone browser. Or, if you do not want to type the URL, simply text the word sxsw08 to phone number 41411 to get a link returned in an SMS message (the SMS works in the US only!).

http://webclip2go.com/sxsw08

The site renders differently on different devices. It has a nice “native” look-and-feel for iphone (try simulator) and Nokia NSeries devices, but works equally well on most BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Palm, and other smartphones. Try it on your phone and let me know your suggestions on UI improvement!

I’d love to hear your comments / suggestions on how to improve the service. Please feel free to suggest sites / blogs that we need to “mobilize” for the conference. Just email me at michael AT michaelyuan DOT com. Also, if you would rather NOT see your site on my list, please let me know too! Thanks.

Michael Yuan, eZee inc.
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http://www.michaelyuan.com/
[Austin-based technologist]

Getting tipsy just thinking about all the parties you’ll be attending? Why not take in the fresh air and enjoy some running while in Austin?

No open bar, no sponsors, and no wifi for a change…

Join the SXSW Runners Group on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8415312365

We’ll see if we can coordinate for morning and evening folks, and hopefully find some nice places to jog. Look forward to meeting you at SXSW!

(image credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickerson/95534504/)

It’s Matthew Antolick from The OaKs. Just wanted to introduce ourselves, and invite you to our SXSW 2008 Showcase, March 12 @ The Wave (408 E 6th St Austin, TX 78701).

You can listen to our new album Songs For Waiting for free through www.theoaksband.com, which releases March 4.  You can also pre-order the album through this link.

We’ve had great response everywhere we’ve played, from CMJ in New York City this past October, to our own home town. We drew 170+ to our last local show here in Orlando, FL, and had a totally engaged audience. We’ve been told that we are a band that “needs to be seen live to be fully appreciated,” which makes sense, since we are probably our happiest on stage.

The OaKs’ new album is reviewed in the most recent issue of Paste Magazine (March 2008). They call Songs For Waiting a “great album” whose “success lies in that balance between lyrical hyper-literacy and a catholic music sensibility that finds as much gravitas in a clap-along as a plucked-guitar.” That was nice of them!

We recently appeared on Public Radio International’s Fair Game, with Faith Salie, where Faith interviewed Ryan regarding the back story of our first single “Masood,” and we performed live in the studio. The show was broadcast in 26 states! If you’d like to hear the archive from the February 13th broadcast, you can listen here:

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/fairgame/.jukebox?action=viewMedia&mediaId=675936&podcastId=2743

Full bio, press photos and more are available via http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/current/oaks_waiting.html or http://www.sonicbids.com/theoaks

See you at SXSW, March 12 @ The Wave. We’re looking forward to it!

Matthew Antolick
The OaKs
Orlando, FL
www.theoaksband.com
www.myspace.com/wearetheoaks
www.purevolume.com/wearetheoaks
PROMOTIONAL INQUIRIES:
Press: Vai Godhania : vai@fanaticpromotion.com

Hi everyone:

I’ll be attending SXSW again this year and would really like to meet other user interface, user experience designers that work in a corporate AGILE development environment. There are many challenges that face us when we develop iteratively. I would like to meet other attendees that can share insight into: process methodoliges, prototyping, sprint planning, user stories, defining user interface stories, and any other agile associated items.

I really hope to bring my insights to the conference and also leverage the ideas that others have found as valuable for an AGILE development group. If you work in this type environment I would love to meet up. Even if it’s between panels or at one of the numerous after panel events. If there is interest there will be more news to follow.

 If you you are facebook I have setup a new SXSW Interative - Group. Feel free to join in.

Preston M.

http://www.corporatethinkers.com

It’s pedals not panels and bike culture blogged at the Bike Hugger Beer & BBQ. We’ll post more on the ride details as we confirm them, but for now the free beer and free BBQ is on for Saturday, March 8, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm at Brush Square Park, North Tent (across from the Austin Convention Center)