mike fabio

  After twelve years of successfully kicking off the CMJ Music & Film Marathon in NYC, CONFLICT OF INTEREST makes its premiere appearance in Austin on Tuesday, March 15th. The event takes place at the PureVolume House* (504 Trinity St) from 7pm ...

SAY: LOCAL NATIVES, 2011 SXSW OFFICIAL PARTY

Helping passionate, independent content creators publish, build audience and earn a living is what we do best at SAY Media. We also throw REALLY good parties. This year, we are marrying the best of both worlds by hosting a one-night-only music festival highlighting emerging indie artists, as well as...

Hey Austin, gdgt is coming back to town! Join us at 7pm on Monday, March 14th at the PureVolume House for the gdgt live party and meetup! This is event is free and open to the public. You don't want to miss this, especially since we'll have free gdgt t-shirts and cellphone cases for the first few hundred people who show up, plus a bunch...

All guests must register to attend at www.crowdtap.eventbrite.com.

SXSWi's Can't Miss Party - The Crowdtap Launch Party at Austin's coolest venue, The Belmont. With a huge outdoor and rooftop space in addition to the super sleek indoors, the Crowdtap Launch party will host over 1,000 people.

Guests will be continually entertained...

The party everyone will still be talking about when SXSW 2011 is all said and done.

Whether or not you're from the Silicon Prairie, join the region’s up-and-coming entrepreneurs and innovators on Lanai’s beautiful rooftop lounge with drinks, DJ Bone Head, and of course, a few surprises!

RSVP: In order to receive an open bar wristband on...

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.

Join PBS, NPR, Frontline, ITVS, P.O.V., StoryCorps and Blogads at the Parish for live music and a celebration of South by Southwest.

Music by: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue (http://www.tromboneshorty.com/)

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...

As we all start to plan our panels and parties for SXSWi it's time to add the TownHoller+BeerSphere Sunday afternoon gathering and group checkin at Club De Ville to your calendar.

Last year was a great time and we are hoping for more of the same this year, great people, great conversations, and great weather. So follow the updates @townholler...

Come out and meet good people, have some food, and have a few drinks.  It'll feel like a family BBQ, without all the drama.    RSVP now, and we'll send out more updates as the date gets closer.

Sunday, March 13, 12-4:30pm
Club DeVille
http://www.clubdeville.com/
900 Red River
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 457-0900

The Brooklyn Brewery is proud and excited to support NY’s premier cookoff event The Food Experiments [http://thefoodexperiments.com/] on their forthcoming NATIONAL TOUR [http://thefoodexperiments.com/nationaltour/]. The winners from...

I'll be giving a presentation at SXSW followed by a book signing at the SXSW bookstore:
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/5551


I've confirmed the time -- it'll be at 12:30pm on the 13th.

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...

Come join us Sunday, March 13, 2011 for a special "Green" VIP champagne brunch hosted by The X PRIZE Foundation and Green Girl Energy as well as Austin's own MindMeld Alliance and LG Pictures and at the famed GSD&M offices [Idea City] in Austin TX. We are bringing together a stellar group of innovators, greenies and...

Fandango now tickets to the Alamo Drafthouse! Help us celebrate with free drinks, Karaoke Apocalypse, a photo booth, prizes and more!

The party is open to all 21+ SXSW badge holders. RSVP at FandangoSXSW.eventbrite.com for more details and a chance to win free movie tickets!

Ticketing to over 16,000 movie screens, Fandango is the nation’s...

We're meeting up at Austin for our third SXSW event. This time, we'll be at the Maple Leaf Digital Lounge, upstairs at the Paradise on Sixth bar, right in the heart of all the action on Sixth Street. Network, enjoy drink specials (cash bar), and participate in Maple Leaf Digital Lounge's Showcase Showdown. More details to come....

Does your life revolve around 140 characters, Facebook Likes, Foursquare Check-ins and brilliant ideas? Sweet, chances are you're:
1. A Community Manager
2. Awesome
3. Going to Austin for SXSW Interactive 2011

If that's true, come join us for Online/Offline - a happy hour meetup for CMs to connect offline, network, trade war...

Join Eloqua and Bulldog Solutions in the pre-party to the party! Don't want to wait around until the official SXSW Interactive kick off party to start networking, socializing and, of course, drinking? Stop by Club DeVille starting at 6pm and join your fellow #SXSW attendees in the countdown to the kick off. All are welcome!

Learn to future-proof your social media efforts so they don’t go the way of MySpace. The right social networking content, contests, features, news, etc, works across multiple platforms so that if you lose a follower on Twitter, you gain a fan on Facebook. This panel will give you social media secrets and tips to build an audience on every...

Core Conversation with Drew Olanoff and Louis Gray:
Social Networking as we know it today may become a thing of the past. In fact, it may already be. Teens and young adults everywhere are turning to their mobile devices as their very own social network and merely using lightweight tools such as texting to network, hang out, and meet new people. Is...

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...

Come get some poolside food and drinks (including Veev cocktails) at the Klout #Krib for SxSW. The UserVoice Challenge Cab will be shuttling as many people to the event as possible for free – AND giving out nifty prizes. If you can’t get in the challenge cab, we’ll also have a limo for additional transport.

UPDATE: We're excited to...

FreshBooks passed the 2,000,000 user mark a while back and we forgot to tell anyone. So in honor of that and the fact that we are turning 7 we've teamed up with our friends at PayPal to throw a two day long 7th Birthday/2,000,000 user party.
It is going to be a pretty typical 7th Birthday party with Clowns, Balloon Animals, Stilt Walkers, Ice...

Programs like Y Combinator have garnered much attention in the media. Many of the startups are highlighted and critiqued upon launch, but how do these programs fare over time? What lessons have graduates of Y Combinator learned in a post-Y Combinator world? How do they turn ideas into real businesses?

Speakers:
- Brian Chesky (Airbnb)
- Dane...

You know how a lot of panels at SXSW can be kind of boring? A bunch of folks on stage hocking their wares?

Bump that mess. I'm running a discussion that will actually make you want to stop checking Twitter for a few minutes.

We're taking over a corner of the Core Conversation room and making it Community Building HQ. No Power Point...