Robert Dippell
Vice President, Product @ Praetorian Group Inc.

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DIPLO
ECLECTIC METHOD
w/ visuals by SEEPER and CTRL

As the sun sets over SXSW and Austin comes alive, Vimeo and Nikon invite you to an evening of musical mayhem and immersive visual eye candy in the heart of the once-dormant Seaholm Power Plant. With your own eyes or through the lens, experience an event like no other with world...

A night of exceptional beverages, hot jamz, and fierce competition. Together, we shall raise our pint glasses and plastic cups in revelry to celebrate a great year in web design.

This year, the BeerCamp competition will take form in a flip cup tournament.

Android and Me (and friends) will be invading downtown Austin on March 13th, during SXSWi, for a full night of Android fun and debauchery. We'll have new phones, an open bar, and all the socializing you can handle!

Calling all business owners, bloggers, marketers, developers, designers, and anybody interested in leveraging social media to promote something!  Help us kick off the SXSW Trade Show at the Copa Bar and Grill, one of Austin's favorite haunts! Join us for a social cocktail hour for music, drinks, hors d'oeuvres and networking.  Meet...

On Sunday, March 13th from 5:30-8:30pm, take a trip with MapQuest during SXSW as we hold our 2nd annual BBQuest road trip to the Salt Lick Barbecue (http://www.saltlickbbq.com/). This year's event will be even bigger, and will offer FREE, all-you-can-eat BBQ and drinks. This year, we're also bringing a band: Shinobi Ninja...

We're gathering Austin's best food trucks together for an afternoon of BBQ, tacos, meat pies and more.

Download Foodspotting for Secret Menu items and to participate in a photo scavenger hunt - win prizes!

Featuring the following Food Truck stars:
- Along Came a Slider
- Boomerang's Pies
- Chi'Lantro
- Clem's Hot Diggity...

Based on lessons learned during research for the #1 New York Times bestseller, The 4-Hour Body, this session will look at how to systematically hack the human body. From losing 100 pounds to running 100 miles, lifting 500 pounds or holding your breath for 5 minutes -- what are the limits? From screw-ups (emergency surgery, anyone?) to importing...

So how does your creative process look? We asked dozens of writers and art directors to visualize how their personal process shows their thinking. The answers come in a series of artful and compelling process pieces that give insight into how creativity actually grows. Our book (August 2010) lays out 30+ of these along with creative theory...

The Mashable SXSWi House 2011 will break the mold of the traditional SXSWi events schedule. Working with SXSWi and our partner sponsors, we will create a two-day platform that will include private events, VIP networking hours and large open parties. From Sunday, March 13th to Monday, March 14th, Mashable will be hosting a combination of private...

Finally, a meeting you don't need 4 shots of espresso to stay awake at! Grab your briefcase and join Bing, I Can Has Cheezburger and FAIL Blog at The Internet is Serious Business SXSWi party.

Featuring:
Friskies® Tasty Treasures™ Cheese Sculpture
Stubbs BBQ
Bing decision wheel
An awesome night out with the internet!

The legendary Opening Party lives on in a top secret new location. Come see what new tricks frog design has up its sleeve at the biggest, baddest opening bash ever.

Join us in person for our annual Live Diggnation in Austin at SXSW (you know what that means - beer, magic and the best kind of debauchery!). Also appearing is resident magician Brian Brushwood of Scam School, Indie rock duo Bad Veins, and our favorite nerd-tastic musician, DJ Mike Relm! So if you're in Austin for all the SXSW goodness, or you...

Note: an RSVP at Plancast will not get you in the door. You must RSVP at EventBrite. Don't forget to RSVP for the Refresh Austin party across the street as well. Update #2 Woot! The WordPress Foundation has joined us as a co-host for the party. Update #1 I just spoke with Tony Cecala of the DFW WordPress Meetup, and they will be joining us...

At SXSW and interested in media innovation? Join @knightfdn and American Public Media to brainstorm over Austin beer and food truck-inspired cuisine with an opportunity to see demos of innovative news projects. Open to all badgeholders, must RSVP. Venue capacity is limited. So RSVP is no guarantee of entry. Come early.

Evite is hosting a Pre-Party to the SXSW Opening Party! Come mingle with fellow SXSWers and get fueled up with our taco bar, appetizers and endless cocktails. Giveaways given throughout the event.

To build a Social Media Experience that drives value, you must focus on addressing seven strategic questions. In this session Colin Shaw, author of 3 best-selling books on Customer Experience, reveals that over 50% of a Social Media Experience is about emotions, how a customer feels. Emotions are at the heart of driving human behavior, however most...

Everyone in a startup should be able to give the "elevator pitch", even the programmers! Having the right pitch can help you land a big customer, catch an investor's interest, or just explain what you do to your mom. Learn about the 5 secrets to a killer pitch from an expert speaker who has pitched at TechCrunch50, SXSW...

The word "community" is becoming so overused that it is beginning to lose its meaning. Many businesses apply that word to their customers without understanding the value of true community. But you are different. You understand there is a difference between fans and family. Let's get our hands dirty, explore these differences, and...

The Alcatel-Lucent ELEVEN API Lounge is back for its second year! Part deux cranks the volume in an "ultra-lounge" where SXSW’s rockstar developers can relax, eat, drink, get online and learn with Alcatel-Lucent’s Open API Platform team. The music will be pumping, the beer will be flowing, and the prizes will be astounding. Test your...

Ever since grade school I've been told organization is my number one problem. Like most people involved in the web, I'm creative, technically proficient, and often lacking in focus. I've had to balance managing my personal disfunction with managing huge web projects and now running a startup business (FeedMagnet). More than once...

Authors Dave Evans and Jake McKee present highlights from "Social Media Marketing: The Next Generation of Business Engagement." This book, released in 2010, takes marketers, product managers, small business owners, senior executives and organizational leaders to the next step in social technology and its application in business....

RockOn with OnStar and Chevy
at this year's TechSet Kick-off Party for SXSW 2011

@TheReal_OnStar and @Chevrolet join @TechSet to celebr8 you and your contribution to a new era of digital influence. From the moment you arrive at Austin's newest hotspot, Enzo, you'll get the celeb treatment as we ring in SXSW11 in style. Relish in the...

The next pages in publishing are being written right now, and with them great changes are afoot. PubCamp@SxSW happens on Friday, March 11 - a time for listening, talking and doing - examining the role of the writers and the reader, as well as technology as a delivery mechanism for content. We're inviting authors, typographers, cover...

The internet has become a critical tool for law enforcement.This presentation will demonstrate ways it is used for investigations and community outreach, discuss privacy issues and controversies, and explore the reach and limits of the law when police go online.

Being a young entrepreneur in this period of time in business and commerce is an exciting thing. It is your biggest asset. You should rock it.

But how do you rock it? How do you overcome traditional preconceived notions of being "younger", more "inexperienced", and "naive"? Simple. You turn...