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2010 SXSWi Keynote with Evan Williams and Umair Hague
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Mar 17, 2010
- by rcjohnson
- posted in SXSW on Lunch
Disaster of a keynote. Not a good interviewer, not a good interviewee, very little good content.
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Know how you're really excited to hook up with the smoking hot girl in the corner only to realize that she kisses like a wet fish? That's exactly how Evan Williams' interview by Umair Hague went. The session started off with much tension hanging in the air as whispers of Twitter announcing a new product swept through the Austin Convention Center halls. The main keynote room quickly became packed and rooms all over the convention center were being turned into overflow rooms. I happened to get ushered … more
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When the interview is more about the interviewer than the interviewee, you have a serious problem.
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Seriously dude? Seriously? (Head Shake left to right)
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Yikes. This one was not so great. Considering it was on the news less than 8 hours after it happened. + mass exodus.
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bummer it was so lame b/c you just know there's good stuff @Ev has to share. blame format and interviewer. too bad.
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Caught this on video. Poor guy. So much more awkward than the Mark Zuckerberg fiasco of 08.
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This was painful to watch. Was definitely sensing Ev's uneasiness w the questions & then the mass exodus ensued...
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Not as bad as two years ago, but I did leave (early) disappointed. @anywhere looks cool though.
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Was excited to hear more about @anywhere but they just talked about @everywhere. Twinterview #fail
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that was horrible. #evanwilliams so many people seemed disappointed as they walked out
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Evan Williams (twitter.com/ev) has co-founded several Internet companies, including Pyra Labs (creator of weblog-authoring software Blogger) and Twitter, the now ubiquitous social media platform that hit its tipping-point at SXSW in 2007. In addition to his role as Director of the Havas Media Lab, Umair Haque (twitter.com/umairh) founded Bubblegeneration, an agenda-setting advisory boutique that shaped strategies across media and consumer industries.
ACC L1, Exhibit Hall 1
Monday, March 15 at 02:00 PM
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Evan Williams (twitter.com/ev) has co-founded several Internet companies, including Pyra Labs (creator of weblog-authoring software Blogger) and Twitter, the now ubiquitous social media platform that hit its tipping-point at SXSW in 2007. In addition to his role as Director of the Havas Media Lab, Umair Haque (twitter.com/umairh) founded Bubblegeneration, an agenda-setting advisory boutique that shaped strategies across media and consumer industries.
ACC L1, Exhibit Hall 1
Monday, March 15 at 02:00 PM
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