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Hear about what we’ve been up to yesterday: http://audioboo.fm/boos/301255-sxsw-day-4-part-1 and http://audioboo.fm/boos/301266-sxsw-day-4-part-2

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Its Day 3 into our South by Southwest adventures. Today, we recorded our podcast while standing in line at the temporary Apple store between East 6th St and Congress. We have shout outs for a bunch of people, including Lloyd Davis (@lloyddavies), Whitney Hess (@whitneyhess) and Marc Hemeon (@hemeon). We talk about what we got [...]

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This is day 2 of our adventures in SXSW. Including a shout outs for Kevin from vring.ly, Janet and Christian from Mozilla Developer Network, Nikki and Ruthie from drunken stumble and a whole lot more. We report back on what we did the first day we had at South by, and what we were looking [...]

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There are several apps around these days to help us track our friends, see who’s around us, and let’s be honest – stalk people we want to meet. But never before have I seen an app dedicated to the movement of a single individual. As of this week, the honour of a dedicated app goes [...]

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The sun is shining — we’re excited to be here of Day 1 in our South by Southwest adventures! Jess has outdone in selecting accommodation for us. Great homecooked food, plush pad, plus just over the fence from Gowalla CEO, Josh Williams! (Just look at the amazing weather and view in the photo!) We’re going [...]

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Ever wondered how those client negotations might play out in a much less … negotiable space? Just found this video (even though it’s been around for a while). Hope you take it with a pinch of salt, but appreciate the funny-ness! (via Mirren Fischer and  Rachel Lane) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2a8TRSgzZY]

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If you haven’t seen it already, I did a quick summary of Launch48 using the tweets that everyone sent. But if you don’t have time and just want to skip straight to the good bits, here’s my run down of the best tweets of the weekend… (other nominations welcome) Funniest tweet: paulanthonywils: Feck me. Someone just [...]

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Where can you find precious gems such as these: “Everything old is dead” Declares the Entire Internet Local Man Tells of Incredible Escape from Unfunny Email Thread Facebook to Make Money Selling Your Data to Your Mum Man Clicks on Banner Advert 9 years ago. Still Clicking Today. Web 2.0 Startup Gets £10 Funding Round [...]

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You love to deny it, but Ryanair is your favorite airline: an accountant turned CEO who has become PR agencies’ nightmare, its ridiculously cheap flights, and its hilarious touchdown fanfare are all part of the Ryanair experience. They have become one of the largest if not the biggest airline in Europe in about a decade. [...]

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Did any of you see the article in the Metro last month about light sabres?  A ‘light sabre’ device has been built by adapting blue lasers from home cinema projectors.  Sound cool?  Well it’s not…it’s hot…hot enough to quickly set your skin on fire and blind you instantly. Yet this device, which the manufacturer says [...]

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