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SXSW Live
New Technology And Old Media
Dinner At Arianna's
Meeting Arianna Huffington
Top 10 Social Media Week Global Influencer
Social Media Week Day 3 Tweets
Social Media Week Top Outreacher
Body Doubles
Social Media Week: Day 2: 120 Tweets
Social Media Week: 100 Tweets Later
Social Media Week: The Social Media Way

A Bird’s Eye View of Social Media Week 2012

Top 10 Social Media Week Global Influencer

Social Media Week Top Outreacher

Social Media Week Day 3 Tweets

Hey @paramendra @bigfuel @austrazub @jennlevine @missuku @ScrapHacker - I guess we're "Outreachers" ow.ly/969ei #smwnyc #smw12

— Greg Bodenlos (@gregbodenlos) February 16, 2012

@paramendra omg cool.

— ninja worrior (@tutifruti1980) February 15, 2012

your version got the job done... & you're fast! RT @paramendra: @ElleeHenry Thanks for filling in the blanks. :-)

— Leslie E. Henry (@ElleeHenry) February 15, 2012

@paramendra Congrats! Another day on top of our leaderboard @ Newyork.kred.com Keep up the great work!

— Kred (@Kred) February 15, 2012

Whats up.We have an overdue lunch that we need to set up RT @paramendra: @cavaughn Hello there.

— cavaughn (@cavaughn) February 15, 2012

@paramendra you take great notes!

— Kevin Selhi (@KevinSelhi) February 15, 2012

Curious how next panel addresses this RT @KevinSelhi @paramendra @scottbelsky:"The dark side of crowdsourcing--careless engagement. #SMWJWT

— Leslie E. Henry (@ElleeHenry) February 15, 2012

--> RT @paramendra: @scottbelsky "Critical mass Vs Credible mass." #smw #smwnyc #smw12 #SMWJWT

— cavaughn (@cavaughn) February 15, 2012

Yes. RT @paramendra: @scottbelsky "Dreamers love to hire people they'd love to have beer with." #smw #smwnyc #smw12 #SMWJWT

— Greg Bodenlos (@gregbodenlos) February 15, 2012

yes! hahaha "intoxicated orgy of ideas" RT @paramendra: @scottbelsky "Dreamers love to hire people they'd love to have beer with." #smwnyc

— Austra Zubkovs (@austrazub) February 15, 2012

@lauramfin thought you'd like this quote :) RT @lydiamann: RT @paramendra: @scottbelsky "The doers want the dreamers to shut up" #smwnyc

— Michelle Maskaly (@mmaskaly) February 15, 2012

RT @paramendra: @scottbelsky "Fight apathy ruthlessly and keep people engaged in the fight." #smw #smwnyc #smw12 #SMWJWT

— Austra Zubkovs (@austrazub) February 15, 2012

RT @paramendra: @scottbelsky "The doers want the dreamers to shut up." #smw #smwnyc #smw12 #SMWJWT

— Greg Bodenlos (@gregbodenlos) February 15, 2012

RT @paramendra: @scottbelsky "Some ideas never happen. Some ideas should never happen." #smw #smwnyc #smw12 #SMWJWT

— Brian Duggan (@ConferenceBites) February 15, 2012

So true! RT @paramendra: @rachelsterne "YouTube is a great platform but it has not changed in years." #smw #smwnyc #smw12 #SMWGuardian

— Greg Bodenlos (@gregbodenlos) February 15, 2012

@paramendra U should say hi after Rachel Sterne event

— Oren Bennett (@1obennet) February 15, 2012

Great interview series, right? We think so. RT @paramendra: Yesterday was @jalak, today is @rachelsterne #smw #smwnyc #smw12 #SMWGuardian

— SocialMediaWeek NYC (@smwnyc) February 15, 2012

@paramendra But slightly racist? ;-)

— Peter Stannack (@pstann) February 15, 2012

Social Media Week Top Outreacher

Me: Top Internet Week Influencer?

Social Media Week: Day 2: 120 Tweets
Social Media Week: 100 Tweets Later
Social Media Week: The Social Media Way

Body Doubles

@A_StrausGarcia I have body doubles attending multiple events at once. Say hi to each one you meet.

— Paramendra Bhagat (@paramendra) February 15, 2012

Social Media Week: The Social Media Way

@A_StrausGarcia Sorry Andy, Mike Bloomberg Wants Me Here goo.gl/fb/cGfrq :-)

— Paramendra Bhagat (@paramendra) February 15, 2012

The Bourne Legacy goo.gl/fb/Uz275

— Paramendra Bhagat (@paramendra) February 15, 2012

Mike Bloomberg Wants Me Here goo.gl/fb/cGfrq

— Paramendra Bhagat (@paramendra) February 15, 2012

Mike Bloomberg Wants Me Here

Mike Bloomberg, Amit Gupta
Bloomberg On Immigration

Social Media Week: Day 2: 120 Tweets

@paramendra I'm seeing your mug all over #SMWNY Where you at? Come to this event: bit.ly/wONpem

— Aaron Straus Garcia (@A_StrausGarcia) February 14, 2012

RT @paramendra @cindygallop "The future of business is doing good and making money at the same time." #smwnyc #smw12 #SMWBigFuel #CSR

— Alexis LaScala (@LexxiLaS) February 14, 2012

@paramendra "Hapless" feels a lil harsh. He's starting out, finding his way, was brave to get up there. cc @randomdeanna #SMWBigFuel

— Julia Smith (@juliacsmith) February 14, 2012

@paramendralook @jparkercamqueen

— Leeanna Portier (@Leeannad75) February 14, 2012

@paramendra and you de doctor? lol.

— ninja worrior (@tutifruti1980) February 14, 2012

@paramendra Hey - apologies but we're already expecting a full house! next one.

— Brian DiFeo (@bridif) February 14, 2012

RT @paramendra @Techonomy @youngbradford @cliffkuang @randyjhunt @weijmarshausen new.livestream.com/smwnyart/kevin… #smw #smwnyc #smw12 #SMWHearst

— Noah Xifr (@Noah_Xifr) February 14, 2012

@paramendra Yes. I'm going to watch it tonight.

— Nicole Moore (@thehotnessgrrrl) February 14, 2012

@paramendra I was there. :) I interviewed John & Jeremy.

— Maya Baratz (@mbaratz) February 14, 2012

@paramendra So grateful for your tweets covering @Jalak's talk. I wasn't able to make it this morning but wanted to hear her thoughts.

— Nicole Moore (@thehotnessgrrrl) February 14, 2012

RT @thehotnessgrrrl: RT @paramendra: "There are more mobile phones than toilets in India." #smw #smw12 #smwnyc #SMWBigFuel" who counted?

— Peter Stannack (@pstann) February 14, 2012

RT @paramendra: @jalak "There are more mobile phones than toilets in India." #smw #smw12 #smwnyc #SMWBigFuel"

— Nicole Moore (@thehotnessgrrrl) February 14, 2012

RT @paramendra: @jalak "More people have access to mobile phones than clean water in Africa." #smw #smw12 #smwnyc #SMWBigFuel

— Nicole Moore (@thehotnessgrrrl) February 14, 2012

thanks for watching! “@paramendra: Moderator to @jalak "You are the betting type." #smw #smw12 #smwnyc #SMWBigFuel”

— jalak jobanputra (@jalak) February 14, 2012

@paramendra Thank you for mention & joining us @SMWmiami @Livestream! @LisaSparksCTCT @ToddPaton @JanieC @alexdc #smwmiami #smwcc #smw12

— Brenda Leguisamo (@brendaleguisamo) February 14, 2012

Social Media Week: 100 Tweets Later

Social Media Week: 100 Tweets Later

Social Media Week: The Social Media Way

@davidabloom You gave an amazing talk about an amazing startup. Kudos. #smw #smw12 #smwnyc @TechStars Demo #SMWBigFuel

— Paramendra Bhagat (@paramendra) February 13, 2012

THANKS! RT @paramendra: @davidabloom You gave an amazing talk about an amazing startup. Kudos. #smw12 #smwnyc @techstars Demo #SMWBigFuel

— Ordrin (@ordrin) February 13, 2012

THANKS! RT @paramendra: @davidabloom You gave an amazing talk about an amazing startup. Kudos. #smw12 #smwnyc @techstars Demo #SMWBigFuel

— David Bloom (@davidabloom) February 13, 2012

@paramendra What did you think? Have you given it a try yet?

— Zachary McCune (@zmccune) February 13, 2012

@gregbodenlos @paramendra btw, these are tools that we @nokia use to listen to consumers: i.talkinhaik.us/A3LC01

— Pino (@haikus) February 13, 2012

MT @paramendra: @annmmack "Today's heroes are the #entrepreneurs." #smwjwt #smwnyc

— Austra Zubkovs (@austrazub) February 13, 2012

It has been a good feeling, but I also have this lingering feeling that I want to show up in person. And so I am headed to this event in a few hours.

@paramendra @ChiefBoima @afripopmag @HAElifestyle YAY! we are looking forward to seeing you in person!! ; )

— Kathleen B.(@KateBomz) February 13, 2012

Social Media Week: The Social Media Way

Image via CrunchBaseI just revisited the Social Media Week schedule page to prepare for the events I have said I will go to tomorrow and the rest of the week.

And it's amazing to me how many of the events will be on LiveStream, and each event has its own hashtag. And so I am tempted to stay home for quite a few of the events and consume them from my laptop. Tweeting is so much easier on the laptop.

This event by Sree at Columbia comes to mind.

Twitter Blocks Me: Sree's Loss
Social Media Weekend: Columbia Journalism School: Sree Srinivasan

I guess I can "go" to even more events than I was planning to if I go the LiveStream way. Nice.

Social Media Week: Registration Now Open

Does Twitter have limits to how many times you can tweet per hour, per day?

Know Your Limits: How Many Tweets Can You Post Per Day?
How many Tweets can you send Twitter per hour?

1,000 tweets per day, 100 per hour? Twitter blocked me way before that when I was trying to "cover" the Sree event. Maybe it was my rate. If you are tweeting two times a minute, five minutes in a row, the Twitter servers think you are going to end up with 120 tweets for the hour, or something like that.

Of course I am going to show up in person, for at least one event per day. But now I think I am in mind to attend many of the Social Media Week events over LiveStream.

Me: Top Internet Week Influencer?

Wow, there are so many more events since I last checked, like so many, many more.

If it is about absorbing knowledge, the LiveStream way might be the better way. It is you and the speakers, and that's it. But would you be paying a social price because you are not there in person? Some of that can be offset by actively tweeting. You will be found. If you tweet.

But then, it is not like I am not going to show up in person. It is just that all plans I made a few weeks ago about which of the Social Media Week events I will go to are now out the window. I am having to start from scratch.

I am guessing the fact an event is going to be on LiveStream also says to its importance.

Heck, over LiveStream you could be attending events in Miami. Why only New York?

By now I know Social Media Week is primarily going to be a LiveStream and Twitter experience for me. And then I get to make guest/cameo appearances at some select events. I am thinking one per day.

An event that is on LiveStream and has its own hashtag earns major points from me. I am most likely to view those events.

Livestream + Twitter Hashtag = Great Way To Experience An Event

Social Media Week: Registration Now Open

Social Media Week Is Upon Us

I was able to get into all except one event I wanted to get into.

Monday, February 13th

3:00pm - 5:00pm Big Data and Bigger Conversations: Measuring Your Brand's Social Performance
6:30pm - 9:00pm Meet The Afropolitans: Digital Media + Culture In Africa

Tuesday, February 14th

9:00am - 11:30am The Classroom of The Future: How Social Media Can Better Our Education System
10:00am - 11:00am Global Brand Management: Best Practices in a Social World

Wednesday, February 15th

9:00am - 12:00pm Keynote: Dave Gray & The Connected Company: An Inventory of the Possible
12:00pm - 2:00pm Keynote: Scott Belsky, CEO of Behance, followed by GOOD Panel: Beyond Crowdsourcing: Using The Community To Report
2:15pm - 3:30pm Creating Community Around Your Blog
3:00pm - 4:00pm Building Community: Combining Real World Experiences with Online Social Networks
8:00pm - 1:00am Social Media Mania! A networking party hosted by DaniWeb

Thursday, February 16th

12:00pm - 2:00pm Keynote: Jeremy Heimans, CEO of Purpose, followed by Weapons of Choice: The Design of Insurgency
6:00pm - 11:00pm New Business Models to Convert Human Intent into Tangible Action (followed by free after party)
6:00pm - 11:00pm Obliterati

I was not able to get into this one.

Friday, February 17th

12:00pm - 2:00pm Keynote: Alec Ross, Office of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, followed by Team Obama Talks Digital Vision: Strategies and Tools for 2012 and Beyond

I think I might sign up for a few more. Let's start with the parties.

Social Media Week Is Upon Us

There is an email in my inbox this morning. It is from Social Media Week. February 13-17, used to be first week in February. Two years back I was trying to go to as many events as possible. Last years I said I would go to only two or three but ended up going to many more. This year I was thinking I will stick to a few. But now I am in a mood to not fight the urge. Just let it go. This year I might again attempt what I tried two years back: go to as many events as possible.

New Business Cards

You start by looking at the schedule and using the Save To Favorites feature. The only guiding light being Event Name.

One Location, Camping Out

These decisions have a tendency to change. I was planning on doing one, then two, then most three events during Social Media Week in February, I ended up doing seven. But for now my decision for Internet Week is to camp out in one location and do as many events as possible in that one location, and to spend more time in the hallways wildly shaking hands than sitting obediently in halls as panelists pontificate.

Monday is my oh so important immigration court date, and that takes priority, and since my hearing is scheduled for 1 PM, and I am meeting my lawyer at 11 to prepare, and court hearings have a tendency to start late and drag on, I have no Internet Week plans until 3 PM Monday, and I am at peace with not even showing up until 4 PM, maybe 5 PM: no soup for you. But once I am done with the court stuff, which might be in the late afternoon, I hope to drop by and inaugurate my Internet Week. I am seeking refugee status, kind of like Einstein.

My Plan For Internet Week
The Internet Week: The Thing To Do
The Internet Week Is Mumbojumbo

Monday, June 06, 2011

Rallying to Restore Sanity in the Digital Age
03:00 PM — 03:45 PM AOL Stage

Yahoo! Presents – The Thread
03:00 PM — 03:30 PM Internet Week HQ

Will Tweet for Food: Writing Your Own Ticket in the Digital Age
03:00 PM — 03:50 PM HQ Classroom

The Onion’s Team of Three
04:00 PM — 04:45 PM AOL Stage

Yahoo! Finance Presents: Cross-fire: The Daily Ticker and Breakout!
04:00 PM — 05:00 PM Internet Week HQ

How to Survive Internet Week: Using Social Media to Make Offline Connections
04:00 PM — 04:45 PM HQ Classroom

My Plan For Internet Week

My plan for Internet Week - not set in stone - is to just show up and camp out in that one building and meet as many people as possible. Mind you, I did not say attend as many panels as possible, although one can expect overlap. If people are watching the panels, where you gonna go?

June 6, 7, 8, 9. I am carving out those days.

The Internet Week: The Thing To Do

Social Media Week makes you run around. I don't need to be doing sight seeing in New York City. After taking visiting Nepali dignitaries on citywide tours when doing democracy work for Nepal a few years back, I got to see everything multiple times. Enough. Now get me people.

The Internet Week: The Thing To Do

Image via WikipediaI think you show up less to soak up the knowledge and more to meet people. And I just discovered something that makes Internet Week look like a better deal than Social Media Week. For the most part you stick to one location. Get a 15 dollar pass, and stick to one location.

125 W. 18th Street

The Internet Week Is Mumbojumbo

Monday

Where Social and Impact Intersect: Lessons for Brands
01:00 PM — 01:50 PM
Official IWNY Ford Opening Party with music by Noisey.com
07:00 PM — 10:00 PM
OMMA's Tablet Revolution
08:00 AM — 05:00 PM
Digital Archaeology
10:00 AM — 06:00 PM
ShareThis & SMG present: Social Media Sharing
11:00 AM — 11:20 AM
VICE Speed Interviewing
11:00 AM — 11:50 AM
The Rise of the Daily Email Newsletter
11:30 AM — 12:20 PM
Facebook Marketing Best Practices
12:00 PM — 12:20 PM
Mobile Engagement 101
01:00 PM — 01:45 PM
The Neighborhood Experience (Beyond Hyper-Localization)
02:00 PM — 02:45 PM
Your Startup's Technology: The First 60 Days in Examples
02:00 PM — 02:45 PM
Social Media & Hospitality: Driving Traffic, Boosting Sales & Upping Engagements
02:30 PM — 03:00 PM
Rallying to Restore Sanity in the Digital Age
03:00 PM — 03:45 PM
The Onion’s Team of Three
04:00 PM — 04:45 PM
How to Survive Internet Week: Using Social Media to Make Offline Connections
04:00 PM — 04:45 PM

The Internet Week Is Mumbojumbo

Image via CrunchBaseI was just at the Internet Week page. There's a lot going on. And looks like you have to pay for each event. It is not like Social Media Week which was mostly free events, or rather all free events.

First of all, there are soooo many events. You can't even browse through all just to get a glimpse.

One good option probably is to buy a pass for 15 dollars but that only covers events at one location for four days, June 6 to June 9.

I guess the arduous process is to go through all the events and be selective and go to a few events. This below is not a list of all events I am going to. These just caught my eye. And I might go to one or two that I might not mange to list today.

You read the lists of events and you realize there is so much knowledge in the blogosphere.

Monday, June 6
04:00 PM — 04:45 PM The Onion’s Team of Three
Metropolitan Pavilion
HQ Aol Broadcast Stage
125 W. 18th Street

Tuesday, June 7
06:00 PM — 09:00 PM wimlink: The Social Experience of Media: Personalized Apps, TV, ECommerce, what's next..
Samsung Experience
10 Columbus Circle
Time Warner Center
$15

Alexa Is Paperless (1)

I managed to show up on time. I simply ran after I got out of the train. I was on time. I showed up at 2 PM. At first I went into the wrong building. I was supposed to show up at 151, but I walked into 115. The place did not have an elevator, and I am having thoughts of walking up nine flights of stairs. I will definitely be late, I thought. Then I realized I got the house number wrong. I got out quick. And I ran. I showed up. On time.



I took an immediate liking to Alexa's new office. This would be my idea of a great office space. There was this big, open space in the middle. There were work tables. People ended up facing each other, although at some distance. There were unused work spaces. Obviously Alexa had expansion plans.

A Small, Historic EatUp

So around noon I showed up. Oleg was there, his wife was there, his brother was busy serving.

Amy Cao of FoodSpotting showed up. This was not my first time seeing Amy, but this was my first time talking. And we talked at length.

There was this guy. He said he was just passing through town. He was in the city for a few months. He showed up. He said he knew Amy from meeting her at a few events.

So when it was time for the group photo, it is this guy and me, with Amy taking the shot. And I am feeling a little awkward. I hope she got the truck in the background. The truck matters. I am just an eater.

Both the dude and Amy took pictures of my food. My lunch was on the house.

Amy and I first talked on Twitter. Then I saw her briefly at the FoodSpotting panel the first day of Social Media Week, but did not get to talk.

Tuesday 2/15 Noon EatUp: 46th Between 5th And 6th: Schnitzel & Things Food Truck

"There ain't no such thing as a free lunch."
- Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize in Economics

Be there, check in on FourSquare!

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Person Of The Social Media Week: Oleg Voss

I attended my final event of the Social Media Week yesterday at Edelman, a Zagat event, and there I spotted the Person Of The Week, food truck owner Oleg Voss.