Heather Armstrong & Maggie Mason, SXSW, Austin, TX
After the Zuckerberg Keynote disaster, which I was so glad to have witnessed first-hand, I caught two more really great panels. The first one was “Content Boundaries, a 12-Step Program presented by Heather Armstrong (of Dooce.com) and Maggie Mason (of Mighty Girl). Their presentation went really smoothly and was really funny. They’re funny girls and they’re friends in real life, so that’s probably why it went so well. I used to read Maggie Mason’s site a looooong time ago. Like? 7 years ago? Before it had any design. And I’ve been reading Dooce for just about as long. And I’d met Heather when we were on a panel at BlogHer.. so I was interested in this panel no matter what.
One funny note: Before the panel I was sitting on a chair outside the room with my laptop plugged in, doing some work. Someone walked up and asked me where the bathroom was. I looked up and it was Maggie Mason. I was wondering if I looked official enough to work for SXSW. Then the next day I was at Finn & Porter and I came out of the bathroom and Maggie Mason was in there washing her hands. She reminded me that I should take my conference pass off because we were at a nice restaurant enjoying dinner. Me + Maggie Mason + restrooms = SXSW.
Eric Nakagawa & Ben Huh, SXSW, Austin, TX
I Can Haz, SXSW, Austin, TX
A second panel I saw that afternoon was called “LOLWUT? Why Do I Keep Coming Back to This Website?” Eric Nakagawa, the founder of I Can Has Cheezburger, and Ben Huh, the CEO of the site, told how the site was started, how it progressed and where they’re going. Ben wore a cheeseburger on his head, which may be an official duty for someone who is the CEO of a site called I Can Has Cheezburger. They also ordered cheeseburgers and had them delivered to the audience while the panel was going on. This panel was one of the best of the whole conference. Here are my Twitter notes:
- in the i can haz cheezburger panel… they said that the cheezburgers are on the way.. yay! really can haz cheezburger
- this is the funniest panel ever. my stomach hurts. also, the CEO is wearing a cheezburger on his head.
- gobama “we can haz” is cracking me up
- lolcats makes enough money to pay the salaries for 9 people
- i can haz cheezburger guys are hawaiian