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On the off chance that there are any Texas residents or visitors reading my vox blog who aren't also familiar with my WildTexas.com website, if you join our Wild Texas Discussion Forums (membership is free of charge) ASAP and drop me a message in response to this thread, I'll happily give you one of our two remaining State Parks Pass coupons good for 50% off one night of camping on any two-night stay at any Texas State Park or other TPWD-managed park that permits overnight camping. I don't think you need to have a State Park Pass for the coupon to be accepted.
Both of the coupons are good for "50% OFF CAMPING FOR ONE NIGHT | Expires September 2008" and must be presented at CHECK-IN at a Texas State Park.
Fine print on the coupons:
"Coupon valid for intended use only. Valid only for campsite or regular screened shelter. Not valid on holiday weekends or with any other offer. No cash value. TPWD not responsible for lost coupon. Good for one use. One coupon per visit. Subject to availability. Non-refundable."
I'll update this entry when both coupons have been spoken for.
You MUST be a member of the WildTexas.com Discussion Forums to claim a coupon, so be sure to create a login on WildTexas.com if you intend to claim one of the coupons. You can send me a PM (private message) over on WildTexas.com, or if you contact me here be sure to include your WildTexas.com member name as well as your mailing address.
We will be twipping SXSW! Find us at the location below and make sure to say hello! See you all there!
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Jenny and Stephen and I drove down to Hill Country Weavers to meet up with a bunch of great knitters and bloggers and podcasters. URLs to follow! It was awesome. Thanks, Julia, for ferrying us yesterday and inviting us to this event!
Well, I think the biggest news of South-by-Southwest has been Twitter. If you haven't used it, the Obvious Corp product is a mix between IM, SMS and social networking. It's one of those services that you really have to use to fully get[1].
Having used it at home before SxSW (via IM, not SMS), I found that it really served to connect me (on a micro-update level) to all the people I cared about. It gives you a real sense of motion in life -- that others are out there just at your fingertips. But here at South-by-Southwest, especially at night out on the town, it has become the most incredible little social tool connecting hundreds of us together into a sort of mobile hivemind.
At any moment, you know where all of your friends are, where they're going, what they are doing and thinking. If you have a question, you can have an answer within seconds. If you need to find someone, the network is at your disposal. If someone says or does something embarrassing, the news can be immediately spread out amongst the entire group in a flash. Who wouldn't love this functionality?
I think what most surprised me is that Twitter hasn't annoyed the crap out of me. The fact that I actually love it[2] and have come to depend on it here in Austin really blows me away.
[1] - If you sign up and I know you, you can add me, but if I don't know you, don't bother. I do like to keep my Twitters private. Yes, the privacy feature is very good.
[2] - With one or two exceptions. First, Twitter sucks down juice like donors at a blood drive. I've never seen more dead cell phones at the end of the night ever. I've been tempted to go buy and carry a scond battery just to support my habit. Secondly, the use of the @USERNAME to indicate that you're Twittering to someone specific. Twitter provides the 'd' option to message someone privately but unfortunately far too many Twitter users refuse to do so often because they want everyone to know how clever they are. Some people are just downright annoying in their use of it. If this describes you, please take your fucking conversations offline because -- back to my first point -- no one's cell phone has enough battery life to support your need for recognition and acceptance.
Welcome to the Vox South-by-Southwest group. I figured that this would be a good place to post videos, pictures and maybe sum up what's up with the parties and accompanying conference this year. Anyone can join and post although you should probably refrain from doing so until you're sober. This may or may not be before the end of the event.
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