Comments on: Don't lose your voice

By: Matthew Wettergreen

Matthew Wettergreen — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:29:47 +0000

Having attended both the Interactive and the Music portions of SXSW I can unequivocally report that Interactive is the spirit of what SXSW is really about. No one at Music that I saw or spoke to had a voice. Sure, they were there to talk, but about themselves. Maybe to give advice, but maybe to flaunt their accrued experience. It felt foreign and without the warm and spirited community that I had been with surrounded by for the past week.

Alex - Two years in a row seeing you at SXSW and you've again left an indelible mark on my road ahead for the coming year. Thank you.

By: Julie Gomoll

Julie Gomoll — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:19:12 +0000

Alex - It was so great to meet you at sxsw, and I'm so glad we had the chance to participate in so many good conversations together. Your passion is apparent and contagious. What a fantastic journey we're on!

yours in hoarseness, Julie

By: Kyle Neath

Kyle Neath — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:40:53 +0000

Jeez man, how do you even have the brainpower to write like that after this week? Awesome wrap-up, and great points (esp love the bit about Talent/Fan Leader/Follower).

Also had a great time talking to you @ 16-bit. Rock on -- and keep the energy going.

By: Drew Jones

Drew Jones — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:40:34 +0000

Dude!

Just about THE best post ever, and possibly one of the most important!!! You've distilled the energy of the group experience as well as words can, and your emphasis on the voices we use to do this and share this are beautifully suggestive. I'll have a think on the 'voice theme' for sure, but next year I'll make it to the Mooseknuckle so that I too will lose the physical one.

Cynic: From the Latin 'to sin,' refers to an 'icky' person who sins a lot.

By: Alex Hillman

Alex Hillman — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:58:21 +0000

@Alexandre: Thank you, that's an awesome compliment!

Eff the cynics, I say. They'll always be there. They have just as much of a choice as I do to do and say what they want.

By: Alexandre

Alexandre — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:53:04 +0000

Best. SXSW/BarCamp wrap-up. Ever. And pretty excellent post on voice. Pretty Bakhtinian, if you ask me. (Which you won’t, but it’s all good.) Your enthusiasm for the industry is well-placed and, hopefully, cynics won’t get you down. Inspiring and being inspired are part of a larger process.

By: Seth Nenstiel

Seth Nenstiel — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:39:10 +0000

Hey Alex,

I have been following you on twitter and the proceedings at SXSW over the past few days. I dropped you a line on Facebook, but don't know if you got it.

Anyway I am currently a student at Drexel who is interested in graphic design, web design and web dev. I was wondering what program you went through at Drexel, and your thoughts on it.

Thanks.

By: Stef Lewandowski

Stef Lewandowski — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:30:19 +0000

Inspired Alex. Great seeing you again this year.

Here's to great things.

By: Ruth Kalinka

Ruth Kalinka — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:27:23 +0000

Alex, great thoughts!

So many amazing voices this week, many similarly affected by overuse & illness, but continuing to share and connect, regardless. We are indeed blessed with a phenomenally inspiring, talented, sharing, and so very down-to-earth community.

While I was also losing my physical voice (even before arriving in Austin), I found myself connecting with an even more important voice during SXSW. Flooded with gratitude, inspiration, purpose, confidence, and creativity, I look forward to bringing the insights of this journey into the coming ~360 amazing days until our next intense trip to Austin.

Thank you for being the catalyst for getting so many of us from Philadelphia to SXSW this year!

By: @alexdesigns

@alexdesigns — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:10:39 +0000

one word … Mooseknuckles !