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My twitter @richmerritt and my facebook status are glued together. Simpler that way. I like cheese, expensive super awesome laptops, and playing The Fool (check out what the Tarot card says about it and google "beginner's mind") I stare at darkness till I see rainbows.

Web: www.myspace.com/750450

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My Schedule

Thursday, March 10 ▼

 

6:30 PM

2nd ANNUAL March BASHHThe Belmont

7:00 PM

Austin's Cohabitat PartyScoot Inn

8:30 PM

A Noc Up: From the NOC to the BAR. An IT mixer hosted by NocPlace.J. Black's
 

Friday, March 11 ▼

 

10:00 AM

Salsa Labs Taco Breakfast Open House at SXSW 2011Salsa Labs Office

11:00 AM

Squarespace Foodtruck Extravaganza5th and Neches

2:00 PM

Cargo Containers: The Next Big Social Network?Hilton, Salon H Fireside Chat: Tim O'Reilly Interviewed by Jason CalacanisACC, Ballroom D Marvell Presents: 2011 SXSW ScreenBurn Opening CeremonyACC, Exhibit Hall 2 SXSW Newcomer / Veteran Meet UpHilton, Room 615AB Unleashing Employees: Empower Innovation From The Ground UpHilton, Salon K

3:30 PM

Google's Marissa Mayer PresentsACC, Ballroom D

4:00 PM

The Personal MBA: Mastering Productivity, Happiness, and WealthACC, Ballroom G Purevolume House Badge PickupPureVolume House

5:00 PM

Breaking Taboos: Pros Get Real About Money MattersMarriott Courtyard, Rio Grande A Education 2.0: How Media Drives Your Child's SuccessHilton Garden Inn, Sabine Why Would We Think Social Media Is Revolutionary?ACC, Ballroom D

5:30 PM

Creative Workshop: 80 Challenges to Sharpen Your Design SkillsACC, Ballroom G ATLien InvasionFadó Irish Pub

6:00 PM

Ignite SXSW - 2021 Vision of the FutureAustin Music Hall Tocquigny Martini and Beer MixerFrost Bank Tower 17th Fl

7:30 PM

"Unofficial" SXSW TweetupIron Cactus

8:30 PM

The Pains of Being Pure at HeartVenue 222

9:00 PM

AMODA Digital ShowcaseMohawk
 

Saturday, March 12 ▼

 

9:30 AM

Tools and Processes for ADD Project Managers/EntrepreneursHilton, Salon D You Don't Have to Move, to Live BetterACC, Ballroom D

11:00 AM

A Bootstrapped Geek Sifts Through the BullshitHilton, Salon AB Photographer Meet UpPalm Door, Palm Door Who Are You And Why Should I Care?Marriott Courtyard, Rio Grande A Why Mexico Will Change Your LIfeHilton Garden Inn, Rio Squarespace Foodtruck Extravaganza5th and Neches

12:00 PM

SXSW ScreenBurn ArcadeACC, Exhibit Hall 2 Etsy: Awesome in AustinVenue 222 IFC Crossroads House Wristband PickupIFC Crossroads House

12:30 PM

Austin Technology Scene Meet UpPalm Door, Palm Door Flipboard: Game-Changer or Passing Fad?Radisson, Town Lake Ballroom SXSW Newcomer / Veteran Meet UpDriskill, Victorian Room The 90 Minute Solution: Live Like a SprinterACC, Ballroom D

1:00 PM

Felicia DayACC, Ballroom D Foyer

3:30 PM

Latin America's Digital Middle Class: Six Key InsightsHilton Garden Inn, Sabine Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us BetterACC, Ballroom D

5:00 PM

Metrics-Driven DesignACC, Ballroom A That's Not My Job: Being A Career GeneralistHilton, Salon D

6:00 PM

Doug Loves Movies with Doug Benson - Live Podcast TapingEsther's Follies Media Innovation PartyPalm Door Special Discussion with artist Storm Thorgerson & filmmaker Roddy BogawaBlanton Museum of Art The RTF SXSW PartyProgress Coffee The Good Capitalist PartyUnion Park

8:00 PM

Frog Design Interactive Opening PartyWhitley Building

9:00 PM

Spiderwood Studios PartyMaggie Mae's

9:30 PM

Ning SXSWi Opening PartyMohawk
 

Sunday, March 13 ▼

 

9:30 AM

15 Slides, Three Writers, Three Ways -- One HourSheraton, Creekside Radical Openness: Growing TED by Giving it AwayACC, Ballroom D The New Gilded Age: Telecommunications in the 21st CenturyHilton, Salon H

11:00 AM

Stop Dreaming, Start Doing: Tips For ExecutionACC, Room 9ABC The 4-Hour Body: Hacking the Human BodyACC, Ballroom D The SXSW Street Food Fest presented by Foodspotting & BlackberryParking Lot 2nd & Brazos

12:00 PM

Mashable House SXSWi 2011Buffalo Billiards

12:30 PM

A Conversation with Paul ReubensACC, Room 18ABCD Massive Concepts in the Department of ArtACC, Room 12AB Mentors - Press/BloggersACC, Room 11AB Strange Business: Corporate Creativity That Doesn't SuckACC, Room 9ABC Unexpected non-fiction storytelling (with Ze Frank, the NFB and IDFA DocLab)ACC, Room 16AB Allhat IIIGuero's

3:30 PM

Inside Sony’s F3: Affordable 35mm PL Mount CamcorderACC, Room 15 Kill Your Call Center! Bring Your Support HomeHilton, Salon D

4:00 PM

Austin JavaScript PartyKung Fu Saloon Awesomest Journalism Party. Ever.The Marq R&R with the Harvest TeamHalcyon

5:00 PM

Old Spice Resurrected: How Aging Icon Pwned InternetACC, Ballroom F

5:30 PM

Royale with Cheese @ ROIAL – Sponsored by Canaan PartnersRoial

7:00 PM

Fray Cafe 11Red Eyed Fly

9:00 PM

PBS & Friends SpeakeasyThe Parish
 

Monday, March 14 ▼

 

11:00 AM

Barry Diller Shares Insight on All Things MediaACC, Ballroom D Edinburgh, Austin & the Future of FestivalsHilton, Salon E Internet, Video Games & Mental HealthHilton Garden Inn, Trinity Stop Working Nights / Weekends and Get a Life!Marriott Courtyard, Rio Grande B The Hero Inside: Invisible Customer SupportHilton, Salon C

12:30 PM

Meet Up with the City of AustinACC, Exhibit Hall 3-4

2:00 PM

Keynote: Felicia DayACC, Ballroom D

3:30 PM

Ain't it Cool News' 15th Anniversary PanelACC, Room 18ABCD Company Culture: It's All Your FaultMarriott Courtyard, Rio Grande B Switch: from Freelancer to EntrepreneurMarriott Courtyard, Brazos 2-3 The Thank You EconomyACC, Ballroom D Where Are We Going? The Future of LocationHilton, Salon H

5:00 PM

Anatomy of a Design DecisionACC, Ballroom D Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Techno-PriestsACC, Room 9ABC The 100 Thing ChallengeACC, Room 10AB Singapore ROARS512 The Evri for iPad launch partyWest Tent, Brush Square Park

6:00 PM

Film Poster Gallery Reception Presented by Webtrends + MofilmACC

6:30 PM

Plutopia 2011: The Future of PlayMexican American Cultural Center

7:00 PM

20x2The Ghost Room GSD&M + Google Present: THE INDUSTRY PARTYGSD&M gdgt live in AustinPureVolume House

8:00 PM

Comedy Showcase: John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show (early)Esther's Follies

9:00 PM

Austin Chronicle Film BashLa Zona Rosa SAY Media presents Local Natives @ SXSWSpeakeasy See The World with GowallaThe Belmont

10:00 PM

Village Voice Media's Interactive PartyParadise

10:30 PM

Comedy Showcase: John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show (late)Esther's Follies
 

Tuesday, March 15 ▼

 

11:00 AM

Designing Ideas, Not ObjectsACC, Ballroom D Freelancers: You're Five Products Away From FreedomHilton, Salon A

12:30 PM

SXSW Convergence Meet Up with Turner BroadcastingACC, Exhibit Hall 3-4

1:00 PM

Next Stage: Transmedia Storytelling in the Next Frontier: In a Galaxy Not So Far Away, Digital, Film and Music Meet Outer SpaceACC, Exhibit Hall 3-4

2:00 PM

Keynote: Blake MycoskieACC, Ballroom D Mentors - Open CallACC, Room 11AB

3:00 PM

Nikon's D-SLR Photo, Video & Music Meet UpACC, Exhibit Hall 3-4

3:45 PM

Unprecedented: Opportunities in Digital VideoACC, Ballroom E

5:00 PM

Closing Speaker: Bruce SterlingACC, Ballroom D Right Brain to Left: Art of Persuasive PresentationsMarriott Courtyard, Brazos 2-3 Score! How Sporting Events Have Advanced Broadcast TechnologyHyatt, TX Ballroom 2-4

5:50 PM

LeatherbagThe Ghost Room

6:00 PM

HP Happy HourHP Mobile Park The Interactive Awards Pre-PartyHilton Hotel

6:30 PM

Music Mixer & FajitasPalm Door SXSW Film Pre-Awards Reception Presented by OvationEast Tent, Brush Square Park

7:00 PM

The Interactive Awards presented by AdobeHilton Hotel

8:00 PM

SXSW Film Awards Ceremony Presented by OvationVimeo Theater ART DISASTER no.12Beauty Bar

8:30 PM

TechKaraokeSix Lounge The Interactive Closing Party Presented by (mt) Media TempleStubb's Sahara SmithThe Ghost Room

9:00 PM

SXSW Film Closing/Music Opening Party presented by YouTubeMaggie Mae's

9:30 PM

Grimy StylesBeauty Bar

10:00 PM

WeekendEmo's Main Room

11:00 PM

FencesThe Bat Bar

11:45 PM

Golden AgesMohawk

12:00 AM

Mount KimbieEmo's Jr White White LightsBeauty Bar

1:00 AM

Gold PandaEmo's Jr
 

Wednesday, March 16 ▼

 

12:00 PM

New Music from WalesLatitude 30 eMusic at SXSWBeauty Bar

1:00 PM

Next Stage: The Art of Transmedia StorytellingACC, Exhibit Hall 3-4

1:30 PM

Toro y MoiFader Fort

2:20 PM

Alessi's ArkFrench Legation Museum

3:00 PM

Canadian BlastEast Tent, Brush Square Park

4:00 PM

Jessica Lea MayfieldRadio Day Stage ACC Next Stage Presents King CharlesACC, Exhibit Hall 3-4 Speed Sets Curated By Team ClermontACC, Exhibit Hall 2

4:40 PM

Toro y MoiRed 7 Patio

4:45 PM

Peelander-ZElysium

5:00 PM

Next Stage Presents WashingtonACC, Exhibit Hall 3-4 New Zealand PartyWest Tent, Brush Square Park

7:00 PM

CoolrunningsBD Riley's EisleyThe Stage on Sixth (formerly Radio Room)

8:00 PM

Caitlin Cary and The Small PondstenOak Chris BathgateEsther's Follies Freedy JohnstonSt David's Bethell Hall

9:00 PM

Eagle ClawThe Ale House HousesMaggie Mae's Gibson Room

9:15 PM

James BlakeStubb's

9:45 PM

Janka Nabay & The Bubu GangCherrywood Coffeehouse

10:00 PM

Animals as LeadersHabana Bar Backyard

11:00 PM

Beautiful Nubia and the Roots Renaissance BandCopa

11:30 PM

Gemini ClubDirty Dog Bar

12:00 AM

BloodgroupMalaia CultsThe Windish Agency House @ ND MalajubeSpill

12:50 AM

Okkervil RiverRed 7 Patio

1:00 AM

Asobi SeksuThe Windish Agency House @ ND BathsMohawk Dax RiggsEasy Tiger Patio

1:10 AM

EgyptrixxBeauty Bar Backyard
 

Thursday, March 17 ▼

 

11:30 AM

Sounds from SpainEast Tent, Brush Square Park

1:00 PM

Next Stage: Beyond the Music Video: When Heart meets Technology in Music’s Digital AgeACC, Exhibit Hall 3-4 HBO presents Treme - A special SXSW day partyThe Ghost Room The Hague/Crossing Border PartyRed Eyed Fly

1:30 PM

Toro Y MoiWaterloo Records

2:00 PM

CultsCedar Street Courtyard

2:30 PM

Belfast RocksLatitude 30

3:00 PM

EatlizGinger Man

3:15 PM

The Joy FormidableThe Parish

4:00 PM

EisleyDirty Dog Bar LeatherbagSam's Town Pointe

5:00 PM

SXSW Interview: Duran DuranACC, Room 18ABC BathsND at 501 Studios Empress HotelSkinny's Ballroom

6:30 PM

The Joy FormidableMellow Johnny's

9:00 PM

Bill BairdThe Marq DistalBarcelona

10:00 PM

DoldrumsHabana Bar

11:00 PM

The KillsEmo's Main Room

12:00 AM

Maps & AtlasesRed Eyed Fly

12:30 AM

TV on the RadioStubb's

1:00 AM

MenomenaRed Eyed Fly Toro y Moi512 Rooftop
 

Friday, March 18 ▼

 

12:00 PM

The IFC Crossroads House7th and Brazos SXSW Day Party Presented by The MuseBox and NAIL DistributionGhost Room The Windish Agency's 6th Annual Austin Day PartyEmo's

12:30 PM

Lelia BroussardThe Phoenix

1:00 PM

Berklee College of MusicFriends

1:45 PM

El Da SenseiGhost Room

3:00 PM

Showcasing ScotlandLatitude 30

3:30 PM

PolockBetsy's Bar

5:15 PM

BRAIDSEmo's Jr

8:00 PM

PolockRed Eyed Fly

9:45 PM

American Music ClubThe Parish

11:10 PM

The Joy FormidableBillboard Bungalow @ Buffalo Billiards

11:45 PM

Wye OakThe Parish

1:00 AM

Estados AlteradosHabana Bar Backyard
 

Saturday, March 19 ▼

 

11:45 AM

Yorkshire and North East SXSW PartyLatitude 30

12:00 PM

M for Montreal/Brooklyn VeganRed Eyed Fly Official SXSW Fashion Event: Style By 2011ACC, Exhibit Hall 3-4

2:40 PM

Haley BonarBeauty Bar

4:00 PM

Lelia BroussardValhalla

4:45 PM

BathsND at 501 Studios

6:45 PM

Golden AgesAustin Museum of Art

7:15 PM

Sahara SmithAustin Music Hall

7:30 PM

Haley BonarCentral Presbyterian Church

8:00 PM

A Silent FilmRusty Spurs

9:00 PM

Dawn Golden & Rosy CrossFriends Emilie ClepperSpill Family Of The YearEmo's Jr King of SpainThe Ghost Room

11:00 PM

Asobi SeksuThe Parish The Calm Blue SeaSkinny's Ballroom

12:00 AM

BalmorheaLamberts

12:50 AM

Omar Rodriguez Lopez GroupEmo's Annex
 



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