sarah szalavitz
I seek the curious, intrigue, storytelling, entrepreneurs, social media, social design, socialists, social business, social systems & tactility & Chimay.

Note: an RSVP at Plancast will not get you in the door. You must RSVP at EventBrite. SXSW Interactive is the week immediately following DrupalCon Chicago, and we're going to both. You should too. DrupalCon ends on Thursday. SXSW begins on Friday, and runs until Tuesday. We're throwing the party on a Monday night, so you'll have a few...

The second annual Tech Cocktail SXSW will kick off the third annual SXSW Accelerator program and showcase 30+ early stage startups for an evening of conversation. The event is aimed at better connecting, educating and amplifying the SXSW Interactive community.

Join us for an evening of fun mingling with other technology enthusiasts, innovators,...

#PitchSXSW

Join Canaan on the rooftop of ROIAL for tasty beverages, Royales with Cheese and a chance to meet and pitch the VCs behind Match.com, DoubleClick, SuccessFactors, Associated Content, Zoosk, Lending Club, Blip.tv, Blurb, Tremor Media, PrimeSense and Kabam.

GOT A BIG IDEA?
If you’re a hot startup looking for funding, and you’d like...

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...

TAGGING at #GamesFTW:

Workshop & dialogue on the best in causebuilding games: how do you make play both fun and educational for campaigns and public spaces? Are you a developer, strategist, artist, nonprofit director, opengov agent for change looking to find your collaborators and potential partners? We will discuss many examples of games...

An official SXSW Interactive track on March 12th from 9:30am - 6:00pm, The Lean Startup SXSW is a full day of talks and sessions on lean startup methods led by entrepreneurs who are killin' it.

Too much junk in the trunk? Get rid of those startup love handles at SXSW with 500 Startups & Eric Ries.

AGENDA ANNOUNCED: Check out...

Let's start SXSW right with a yearly tradition - predrinks at the Driskill hotel bar.

Every year at SXSW we start off the weekend with a couple relaxing drinks in the historic Driskill hotel bar. If you've never been there's no time like the present to get in on this tradition. Stay as long as you want, there are no rules. Its just...

Where does technology merge with creativity? At the AOL Studio, in the lobby of the Austin Convention Center, where you'll find a blend of developers, writers and musicians. Stop by, watch a performance, see an interview and become a part of creativity in the making.

South by Southwest (SXSW) is a combination of film, interactive and music festivals & conferences that take place every March in Austin, Texas.

Five days of presentations, networking events, and more showcasing the best new emerging technology, digital works, video games, and innovative ideas.

Going to @sxsw? Please click http://bit.ly/i3YmA9 & help @danariely & @dearsarah test the flexibility of your morality for our session, http://bit.ly/hLU2LD

2009s New Orleans party rocked it, so theyre back to rock it harder!  A brass band, DJ, free drinks & the New Orleans-at-SXSW crew will transmogrify 5th into Frenchmen St.

Technology and music mix it up at the Microsoft Party with special guest Carsonified. Party with Jay-Z’s official tour DJ Neil Armstrong and Austin’s best DJ-Mel, drinks, and networking at Austin’s hottest nightclub and best rooftop terrace59, Speakeasy. Come see the Austin live debut of The Roebucks (Brooklyn, NY) being hailed...

Join us for happy hour drinks and appetizers at Buffalo Biliards and get your geek on. Happily sponsored by Rackspace, Capital Thought, and Gowalla!

Party is limited to the first 250 guests who arrive - please let us know if you can come.

Now in its 8th year at SXSW Interactive, Nuclear Taco Night is a celebration of masochistic cuisine. Join a loose confederation of geeks to share the tears of joy that only come from experiencing Austins hottest underground tradition: nuclear tacos.

Mashable is proud to announce our 2nd Annual MashBash SXSWi, an evening celebration during Austin’s annual SXSWi festival. On Sunday, March 14th 2010 from 10pm till 1am, Mashable will be hosting an official SXSWi evening event at Buffalo Billiards in Austin, Texas, sponsored by Cliqset and Sony.

1,600 people will come and enjoy a night of...

Join PBS, NPR, FRONTLINE, ITVS, FUTURESTATES, ReadWriteWeb and Blogads @KLRUs Legendary Austin City Limits Studio. Live music, Tex-Mex, Margaritas. Streamed live on video.pbs.org/sxsw (Free shuttles at the Hilton).

Come join us for the first annual Geobash at SXSW!

Hot Potato (http://hotpotato.com), SimpleGeo (http://simplegeo.com) and Yowza!! (http://getyowza.com) are hosting the mother of all benders.

Featuring musical performances from:
SAVOY - http://www.myspace.com/savoyband
Shinobi Ninja - http://www.myspace.com/shinobininjamusic
McAlister Drive -...

Get ready for SXSW! We're meeting up casually at the Driskill Hotel bar - site of last year's big tweetup. Great pre-partying right before the Mashbash meetup at 10p.

Citysearch says: "Lean against the carousel-shaped bar and it's as if you've stepped back in time... dark wood, mounted Longhorn heads, cowhide couches, a...