If you’re a longtime reader, you know that it’s the time of year where I fly to Austin, Texas and attend SXSW (interactive), the tech/internet convention that’s referred to as “spring break for geeks”. Basically, this post is both a warning flare and a starting gun: this blog is about to be somewhat hijacked for the next five days by my trip. My goal is to meet the NSFW quotient I found in Austin last year and share it with you. And a lotta geeky stuff, too. Here are the basics:
* The panel: How To Not Be A Douchebag At SXSW Friday March 12, 5PM
* I’m judging a photo contest with some famous people, and my inclusion secures outrageousness: it’s Alltop and Strutta’s Over The Top photo contest — we’re looking for the most over the top photos at SXSW. GIVE IT UP! Winners get things like an iPad and more.
* I will be tweeting @violetblue more than usual this year, and I keep telling people to unfollow me to avoid annoyance, nudity, general NSFW (Not Safe For Work) activity and crankiness. But you can watch me unravel there if it pleases you.
* Twitter will be a vector for liveblogging photos. In fact, I’ll also be taking video live and the link will get instantly passed to my Twitter account.
* I will also be posting photos to my Flickr account, but I’ll put any dirty stuff here in a post. I don’t trust Flickr.
* I was asked to design a Violet Blue chocolate bar by Chocri to give away free. Naturally, I made it dark chocolate, almonds, coffee and an aphrodisiac ingredient. As soon as I have a link to share, I’ll post it. They have a really cool DIY interface for making your own chocolate bars, check it out.
* I’ll also be blogging on Laughing Squid as usual (I now officially work there as Assistant Editor). Yay!
I get to present again this year, and I’m excited. This time I’m not talking about sex for a change — well, I will a little bit, as in how to flirt and pick up (and hopefully hookup) without being a jerk about it. How To Not Be A Douchebag At SXSW is the brainchild of my dear friend Ed Hunsinger, with co-speaker John Adams. This year we have @dotBen in tow, with sexy Natalia Envy in our hotel room.
Are you wondering what the stickers are I’m holding in that photo? They are how you can show people how you roll. Are you work safe? No. No, you are not. I just got 1000 of these stickers made; does anyone remember when pranksters plastered buses and bus ad kiosks across San Francisco featuring pictures of me with the slogan “Violet Blue puts the SF in NSFW” in honor of my Chron writing gig? I though it was time for everyone who wants to be NSFW, or declare any object NSFW to be able to do so, freely. I’ll be giving these stickers away at SXSW this week as I cruise around looking for trouble. When I get back, I’ll post an address where anyone who wants some of these can send me a self addressed stamped envelope, and I’ll send them out free.
