Attention | SXSW, Austin, Texas | Mar 2009

Continuing the recap on the “Drive-By” road trip: I know it’s been awhile since I last posted an update on my travels other than how frugally I’ve lived, so I wanted to take the time to thank the people who have shared their time, knowledge, wisdom and help along the way.

Yes, it’s been over a month since SXSW and the rest of that world has moved on from the SXSW fishbowl to the next meme, and while I won’t spend much time talking about the event itself, I did want to thank a couple people for making the experience great; events come and go but people endure.

Therefore, I want to give thanks to:

• Chris Schultz (@cschultz): for thoughts, encouragement and help; and for leading a great Tribe and throwing a really great, sincere, fun party…
• Jessica Rohloff (@jessNOLA), Matt Tritico (@tritico), Andrew Larimer (@andrewlarimer), Tiffany Starnes (@TiffanyStarnes), Adele Tiblier (@adeletiblier), Damian LaManna (@dalamanna), AJ Robert (@ajrobert), Gerard Ramos (@gerardramos), Josh Ellzey (@JoshLZ) and the rest of the Net2No crew (@Net2No): thanks for sharing your spirit, soul and your house with me, I’m already looking forward to my next trip to New Orleans…
• Nicholas Tolson (@jtnt): for always pushing me to create (and for bailing me out)…
• Jay Cuthrell (@qthrul): for being the ever-present voice of reason…
• Clint Schaff (@clintschaff): for bringing a great, positive spirit and realness to the biz and for sharing a truly great week…
• Mike Bonifer (@bonifer): for bringing interesting, unexpected experiences and joy everytime we meet…
• Alan Patrick (@freecloud): for the deep conversations and great introductions to Alexander Grunsteidl and Benjamin Ellis (@benjaminellis) and the Digital Mission; I’m looking forward to making it to London soon…
• Kyra Reed (@kyrareed): for being a great guide through SXSW Music and letting me be a part of your whirlwind for a week, and also for introducing me to Marjorie Kase (@marjoriekase) and re-introducing me to Ryan Swagar (@ryanswagar).
• Will Dearman (@wtd): for reaching out and starting a very interesting discussion on financial markets; looking forward to continuing to share ideas….
• Kristian Andersen (@kristianindy), Andrew Donoho and David Bailey (@dbailey): for engaging during the core conversation I led and really raising the level of the discussion.




• Sam Huleatt (@squasher98) and Marc Vermut (@mvermut): to each for showing up and making the time to meet in person after previously meeting online; I apologize to both for not having more time at SXSW but looking forward to continuing the conversations…
• Jay Goldman (@jaygoldman) and Peter Flaschner (@flashlight): for always popping up in the right places…
• Phil Coffman (@philcoffman): thanks for being open to reconnections and giving me some good tips on SXSW; a passing tweet between Phil and Andrew Shepherd (@andrewshepherd) made me wonder if it was the same Phil I used to know from high school in London; another example of the beauty of serendipity.
• Nate DiNiro (@unclenate) and Lyell Petersen (@93octane) for creating the #notatsxsw and #sxsworphan “communities” to keep people honest about the existence of a greater world outside of SXSW. Lyell is one of the first people to really teach me about using Twitter for fun, and for that, he’s one of the biggest reasons I’m still on Twitter. Hmm.
• Jack Hollingsworth (@photojack): thanks for taking the time to meet a nobody; Jack reached out to me after reading a couple of posts I wrote about the changing business models in the photography industry; Jack is hosting Photographer Makeover in Austin, June 1-4, if you’re interested in getting deep advice on the future of the photography industry from a range of progressive professional photographers and industry veterans.

  And lastly,

• Ethan Bauley (@ethanbauley): because it all comes back to you in one way or another…

More thanks to come from Knoxville, Richmond, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Toronto and NYC in the near future…