Monthly Archives: March 2011

whrrl ghrrls work Apple store line

The two whrrl ghrrls were really working the line at the improvised Apple store at SXSW 2011 giving away keychains that had lottery numbers to win a car. @whurley first turned me on to whrrl. From whrrl’s website “Whrrl — … Continue reading

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Apple ipad 2 release on day 1 in Austin

Apple opened an improv store in downtown Austin to sell ipad 2′s to SXSW goers on Friday, March 11, 2011. We see the twit.tv crew documenting it and a line that is a couple of blocks long for the 5 … Continue reading

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Statesman Social Media Awards huge shift

Since I first won one of the Statesman Social Media Award in 2009, the first year they were given, there’s been a huge shift in the emphasis. Back then the Awards went to the “usual suspects”, people who were clearly … Continue reading

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