Although he Twittered the opposite, Stowe’s a real accordion fan:
Thanks to Stowe for posing for these shots!
Although he Twittered the opposite, Stowe’s a real accordion fan:
Thanks to Stowe for posing for these shots!
Hugh MacLeod and Stowe Boyd may not appreciate the powers of the accordion, but Robert Scoble does! Scoble, who is one of my tech evangelist role models, respects the squeezebox and can still party with the best of ’em. The photo below certainly isn’t a good one of me, but I’ll share it anyway since it’s me and Scoble having a good time at the Mooseknuckles bar on Austin’s 6th street.
Master Chief feels the accordion love!
Here’s a group hug after David Crow’s core conversation session, Startup or Sellout: Should I Stay or Should I Go?:
That’s Jeremy Wright on the left, me in the middle and David on the right.
My thanks to Rannie and MJ, who rescued me from an hour-long registration line and fast-tracked me so that they could have me perform the opening and closing number for their panel discussion titled How to Rawk SxSW, a guide for first-timers that show them how to make the most of their South by Southwest experience. After all these years, the accordion still opens all kinds of doors.
Here are the panelists from How to Rawk SxSW:
Here’s a photo that one “armiller” took of me playing the opening number, You Shook Me All Night Long:
And by popular demand (which means Rannie), here I am playing the closing number, Baby One More Time:
Here’s MJ posing with the bottle of bourbon that the panelists drank during their session:
The Ranch where the b5media crew and friends are staying is a twenty-minute drive from South by Southwest and it’s quite nice. Here are a couple of exterior shots: