Oh. My. My.
The US Air Guitar Championships.
Ummmm…. WOW.
In a gorgeous venue that smelled distinctly of Cool Ranch Doritos, Cuervo, sweat, and 100% organic Airness, I witnessed one of the most amazing sights of the modern world… and Wiffiti captured the breadth of the magical hotness.
My full pictorial can be found on flickr, but I’ve selected some classics to whet your appetite…
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On Friday night at the Grand in San Francisco, the greatest air guitarists in the nation will gather… and now you can virtually support them from anywhere! Just load up the Touchtunes and USAG Wiffiti screen and send your text messages live to the large screens in the venue! Feel free to check it out now and send your words of encouragement to Nordic Thunder and all of his fearless challengers…
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It’s with an arsenal of awesome and pocket full of irony that I head out to the US Air Guitar Championships in San Francisco this Friday.
You heard me.
The US Air Guitar Championships.
We’ll be supporting our friends at Touchtunes and their role as the Official Digital Jukebox of USAG. I’ll be Wiffiti-ing like a fiend while I’m there; that is, if I can take my eyes off the supreme airness I’m destined to witness.
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A big thanks to everyone at Netroots Nation (especially Nolan, Raven, and Mary) for a fantastic conference. I’m psyched that everyone seemed to dig the Wiffiti screens, and we’re excited to roll in with some new stuff for next year!
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As my role of Wiffiti Girl wrapped up at the Netroots Nation Convention, I went out in search of some Austin culture. From textual art I switched to contextual art… via the Sol Lewitt exhibit at the Austin Museum of Art. I also went in the “explore” room and created an awesome picture of a polka-dotted elephant. (And yes, I realize the irony of leaving the Netroots Nation Convention and drawing an elephant… This was a non-political, multi-colored, conceptual elephant, mind you.)
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Y’all ready for some awesome Austin sites and awesomer Austin furniture?
You’re in luck.
While I’m on call at the Convention Center to check out the Wiffiti displays in between panel sessions and speakers, I’ve been checking out the best and brightest that Austin has to offer (well… sorta).
When I went in search of a sandwich place for lunch, I stumbled upon the gate shown in the thumbnail above, and then…
The Capitol! It’s big. And it emits hotness.
Actually, the whole city is hot (no, Jayne, really?). And I love it.
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So.
I’m in Texas. That’s abundantly clear.
I’ll fill you in with a full pictorial shortly, but first a Wiffiti update.
Despite a few AV issues last night, Wiffiti was a hit! Better yet, speaking to attendees, people were familiar with the online screen and immediately knew what to do in the venue! What a difference a year makes…
Wiffiti will continue to be live 24/7 on the Netroots Nation site, and live in venue off and on through Saturday night. If you’re at the convention, look for Wiffiti in Exhibition Hall 4 (and, hey, while you’re at it, give me some dinner suggestions).
Forgive the lighting issues… better pics to come when I return and can upload the pics from the good cam. These are the iPhone “express” editions…
Just a quick update: The Netroots Nation Wiffiti is live on their site, so feel free to pop over and toss in your two cents. Make sure you have Flash 9, or you’ll see a whole lotta nothin.
I’m headed out early tomorrow morning to join in the on-site festivities in TX, and I’ll be wildly twittering while I’m there. Catch you on the flip side with pics!
I’ll be headed to Austin next week for the third annual Netroots Nation Convention (formerly YearlyKos), where LocaModa will be powering Wiffiti!
I attended last year in Chicago and had a fantastic time, so I’m psyched to see what this year has in store. Caucuses, mixers, blogger sessions– it’s always a very FULL long weekend. Howard Dean will be giving the opening keynote on Thursday night, as he did last year… and he’s guaranteed to get everyone riled up and rearin’ to go.
Of course, I’ll be blogging and twittering from the event. If you’ll be there, be sure to drop me a line or tweet me a tweet (@jayniek). And if anyone has any suggestions for things I need to check out while I’m there, please help out an Austin newbie!
Here’s a glimpse of last year’s event (HELLO Progressive Bloggers!!)
And, for those of you who won’t be joining me in the trek to Austin, I highly recommend hitting up PodCamp in Boston– I’d be there if I wasn’t going to be here!
