An Ant's Eye View of SXSW 2011

by Christopher Carfi on Mar 15, 2011

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After not being at SXSW the last couple of years, I went back to Austin in 2011 to find the event had exploded in size and breadth in the interim. Here is my Top 10 list of what I took away from it.

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After not being at SXSW the last couple of years, I went back to Austin in 2011 to find the event had exploded in size and breadth in the interim. Here is my Top 10 list of what I took away from it.

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An Ant’s Eye View of SXSW 2011 — Webinar Transcript

An Ant’s Eye View of SXSW 2011 A Top 10 List Christopher Carfi (@ccarfi) Senior Strategist, Ant’s Eye View ccarfi@antseyeview.com

#1: SXSW is starting to mirror the Internet itself. Image: Christopher Carﬁ

It’s big. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired

It’s messy. Photo: Christopher Carﬁ

It’s overwhelming. Photo: Christopher Carﬁ

The entire industry is here.

It’s a PLATFORM. Image: Graphpaper.com

#2: Gameiﬁcation is everywhere.

SCVNGR keynote = Worldwide Trending Topic on Twitter. Image: Computer-‐troopers.com

Foursquare = Google for the real world. Image: Aboutfoursquare.com

We are wired to love games. Photo: Totalonlinepresence.com

#3: QR Codes are everywhere. Photo: Christopher Carﬁ

#4: Trailer food rocks. Photo: The Smart Kitchen Blog

#5: Serendipity happens.

#6: Small is the new big. Photo: Christopher Carﬁ

#7: Logistics matter.

#8: There’s no way to do everything.

#9: Inspiration can come from unexpected places.

#10: Pitches still suck.

An Ant’s Eye View of SXSW 2011 A Top 10 List Christopher Carfi (@ccarfi) Senior Strategist, Ant’s Eye View ccarfi@antseyeview.com

Christopher Carfi , Senior Strategist at Ant’s Eye View Thanks, Dan! Glad you found it valuable. 1 year ago

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Dano Digital at Dano Digital Great work Christopher. This was my first year attending and it really captured the SXSW experience. Nicely done. 1 year ago

Christopher Carfi , Senior Strategist at Ant’s Eye View Thanks, Rene. I just updated the deck to include audio commentary for each slide. Cheers! 1 year ago

Rene Power, agency marketer, writer of The Marketing Assassin Blog at Rene Power, agency marketer, writer of The Marketing Assassin Blog Great overview for a Brit marketer with no chance of making the show! There has been a lot of buzz on Twitter so it was interesting to see some feedback on the show and the sessions. Thanks Chris, it will be featuring in a new blog post tomorrow too. 1 year ago

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