Name: BattleDecks 2011
Start: 2011-03-11T15:30:00-0600
End: 2011-03-11T16:30:00-0600

BattleDecks 2011

Battledecks is a laugh-riot rollercoaster of fun and nerves as several contestants try to put together coherent presentations from nonsensical Keynote decks. Previous contestants have laughed, cried, wet their pants and gotten impregnated during the show. The audience has a great time. Everyone goes home happy. Last year's show was a huge success, and we didn't even hand out free vuvuzelas to the audience.
http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_IAP6409

Speaker

Jen Bekman

Founder, CEO20x200/Jen Bekman Projects IncJen Bekman is a gallerist, entrepreneur, and writer. After building a successful internet career at companies including New York Online, Electric Minds, Disney/GO Networks, Netscape, and Meetup, Jen opened her eponymous gallery in downtown... Read More →

Joshua Cagan

Sr Dir of Creative EnterprisesN/AJosh A. Cagan enjoys his wife, his couch, and any movie with “Switchblade” in the title. His 2009 movie BANDSLAM didn’t have the word “Switchblade” but he, and 90% of the top critics on Rotten Tomatoes enjoyed it anyway. He was the head writer... Read More →

David Cairns

N/ADavid Cairns is a San Francisco-based comedian and freelance software engineer. He is currently 26 and still doesn't understand the emotions coursing through his lithe, young body. If you pay him money he will make beautiful things for you, and everyone will be happy.

Andrew Crow

VP, Experience DesignGEDesign Director at GE. Speaker, designer, strategist. Past lives include VP at Razorfish and designer at Adaptive Path. I like to poke things with sticks.

Jennifer Daniel

Vector CzarN/AYou know that time when your friend sent you that website and you thought your screen had a bug on it, but then it turned out it was just part of the website? I'm THAT girl.

Nick Douglas

EditorSlacktoryNick Douglas edits Slacktory, a comedy blog, for My Damn Channel. He's the editor of the book Twitter Wit, the former editor of Valleywag and Urlesque, and he's been published in Wired, Slate and Esquire.com.

Erika Hall

Co-Founder, Dir of StrategyMule Design Studio

Molly Lewis

SweetAfton23.comMolly has a hard time explaining to her extended family why she gets recognized by strangers occasionally. Most of the time it's because they've seen her play ukulele, either on her YouTube channel or onstage with Jonathan Coulton and W00tstock. Sometimes it's because... Read More →

Bryan Mason

PresTypekitBryan is one of the founders and the president of Typekit, a service for making everything awesome. He grew up in Colorado, so it's probably the altitude.

Albert McMurry

AmericanDrink.netAlbert McMurry, American Drink’s mastermind, lives in Tacoma, WA. His writing can be found under false names in the “Letters” sections in back issues of Penthouse and Hustler, on Twitter as @SeoulBrother, at seoulbrother.com and on American Drink dot net.