http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/04/01/my-guide-to-the-sxsw-podcasts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-guide-to-the-sxsw-podcasts A journal of geekery, music and joy Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:04:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/04/01/my-guide-to-the-sxsw-podcasts/comment-page-1/#comment-44248 Abandoning my SXSW Listening Project : Evil Genius Chronicles Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:44:18 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/04/01/my-guide-to-the-sxsw-podcasts/#comment-44248 [...] So I did have this thing going where I was recording my responses to every single SXSW session podcast. I have dropped that. It just got too boring to write either “I skipped it after 5 minutes” or “I listened to the end but it was pretty forgettable” over and over. I get the strong feeling that SXSW is much like the Podcast Expo in that just listening to the sessions doesn’t begin to give you the experience of being there. The value is not in the panels and talks, it’s in the halls and around the event. [...] [...] So I did have this thing going where I was recording my responses to every single SXSW session podcast. I have dropped that. It just got too boring to write either “I skipped it after 5 minutes” or “I listened to the end but it was pretty forgettable” over and over. I get the strong feeling that SXSW is much like the Podcast Expo in that just listening to the sessions doesn’t begin to give you the experience of being there. The value is not in the panels and talks, it’s in the halls and around the event. [...]

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