Why I have never been to SXSW
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:37:08 GMT
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:06:15 GMT
Dave Winer
dave.winer@gmail.com
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<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2012/02/22/guitar.jpg" width="150" height="413" border="0" style="float: right; padding-left: 15px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 15px;" alt="A picture named guitar.jpg">Part of me thinks I should be an insider at SXSW, that because I am one of the founders of the community, and a developer of the technology that SXSW bootstrapped out of, and continues to grow through, that they should have at some point asked me to talk. It's a matter of honor, I guess, and some amount of pride.</span><a name="imgSrchttpscriptingcomimages20120222guitarjpgWidth150Height413Border0StylefloatRightPaddingleft15pxPaddingbottom5pxPaddingtop10pxPaddingright15pxAltaPictureNamedGuitarjpgpartOfMeThinksIShouldBeAnInsiderAtSxswThatBecauseIAmOneOfTheFoundersOfTheCommunityAndADeveloperOfTheTechnologyThatSxswBootstrappedOutOfAndContinuesToGrowThroughThatTheyShouldHaveAtSomePointAskedMeToTalkItsAMatterOfHonorIGuessAndSomeAmountOfPride"> </a><a href="#imgSrchttpscriptingcomimages20120222guitarjpgWidth150Height413Border0StylefloatRightPaddingleft15pxPaddingbottom5pxPaddingtop10pxPaddingright15pxAltaPictureNamedGuitarjpgpartOfMeThinksIShouldBeAnInsiderAtSxswThatBecauseIAmOneOfTheFoundersOfTheCommunityAndADeveloperOfTheTechnologyThatSxswBootstrappedOutOfAndContinuesToGrowThroughThatTheyShouldHaveAtSomePointAskedMeToTalkItsAMatterOfHonorIGuessAndSomeAmountOfPride"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><a href="javascript:ec('iVeAskedThemManyTime10401','show','http://scripting.com/images/2011/11/29/blank.gif','http://scripting.com/images/2011/11/29/blank.gif');"><img class="expandIcon" id="img_iVeAskedThemManyTime10401" src="http://scripting.com/images/2011/11/29/blank.gif" border="0"></a><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">I've asked them, many times, why I was never invited to speak, they haven't been willing to answer. They've asked me to apologize for offering my own explanation, in a comment a few years ago on <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100413121018/http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2007/01/19/open-letter-to-hugh-forrest/">Marc Canter's blog</a> -- and I've said I would be happy to, if they would tell me the real reason I'm on their short blacklist (maybe at the top of it).</span><a name="iveAskedThemManyTimesWhyIWasNeverInvitedToSpeakTheyHaventBeenWillingToAnswerTheyveAskedMeToApologizeForOfferingMyOwnExplanationInACommentAFewYearsAgoOnAHrefhttpwebarchiveorgweb20100413121018httpblogbroadbandmechanicscom20070119openlettertohughforrestmarcCantersBlogaAndIveSaidIWouldBeHappyToIfTheyWouldTellMeTheRealReasonImOnTheirShortBlacklistMaybeAtTheTopOfIt"> </a><a href="#iveAskedThemManyTimesWhyIWasNeverInvitedToSpeakTheyHaventBeenWillingToAnswerTheyveAskedMeToApologizeForOfferingMyOwnExplanationInACommentAFewYearsAgoOnAHrefhttpwebarchiveorgweb20100413121018httpblogbroadbandmechanicscom20070119openlettertohughforrestmarcCantersBlogaAndIveSaidIWouldBeHappyToIfTheyWouldTellMeTheRealReasonImOnTheirShortBlacklistMaybeAtTheTopOfIt"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
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<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">Actually my memory is faulty. I did apologize, in public. So I don't know what their issue is today, in 2012.</span><a name="actuallyMyMemoryIsFaultyIDidApologizeInPublicSoIDontKnowWhatTheirIssueIsTodayIn2012"> </a><a href="#actuallyMyMemoryIsFaultyIDidApologizeInPublicSoIDontKnowWhatTheirIssueIsTodayIn2012"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
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<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">I know you can apply to speak now, I even started to fill out the forms last year, but they asked so many "Who Are You" kind of questions, and my pride kept kicking in. Why don't you know who I am? I am willing to play the hamster up to a point, in some contexts. But this is so <i>totally</i> over the top.</span><a name="iKnowYouCanApplyToSpeakNowIEvenStartedToFillOutTheFormsLastYearButTheyAskedSoManyWhoAreYouKindOfQuestionsAndMyPrideKeptKickingInWhyDontYouKnowWhoIAmIAmWillingToPlayTheHamsterUpToAPointInSomeContextsButThisIsSoItotallyiOverTheTop"> </a><a href="#iKnowYouCanApplyToSpeakNowIEvenStartedToFillOutTheFormsLastYearButTheyAskedSoManyWhoAreYouKindOfQuestionsAndMyPrideKeptKickingInWhyDontYouKnowWhoIAmIAmWillingToPlayTheHamsterUpToAPointInSomeContextsButThisIsSoItotallyiOverTheTop"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">There were years, at the beginning, when you had to get an invite and they weren't willing to provide one. They still invite people to speak on their keynote stage. Ahh, I'm not important enough. But they've invited people, many of them, onto that stage to talk about my work, my contributions -- so why can't I speak for them too?</span><a name="thereWereYearsAtTheBeginningWhenYouHadToGetAnInviteAndTheyWerentWillingToProvideOneTheyStillInvitePeopleToSpeakOnTheirKeynoteStageAhhImNotImportantEnoughButTheyveInvitedPeopleManyOfThemOntoThatStageToTalkAboutMyWorkMyContributionsSoWhyCantISpeakForThemToo"> </a><a href="#thereWereYearsAtTheBeginningWhenYouHadToGetAnInviteAndTheyWerentWillingToProvideOneTheyStillInvitePeopleToSpeakOnTheirKeynoteStageAhhImNotImportantEnoughButTheyveInvitedPeopleManyOfThemOntoThatStageToTalkAboutMyWorkMyContributionsSoWhyCantISpeakForThemToo"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">I know it's supposed to be a lot of fun, and some of the participants have been very nice to me, offered good places to stay for free, etc. But I want to get past the gatekeepers. I'd like to be invited, for real, by the people who run the show. I think they've benefitted from my generosity, why not reciprocate?</span><a name="iKnowItsSupposedToBeALotOfFunAndSomeOfTheParticipantsHaveBeenVeryNiceToMeOfferedGoodPlacesToStayForFreeEtcButIWantToGetPastTheGatekeepersIdLikeToBeInvitedForRealByThePeopleWhoRunTheShowIThinkTheyveBenefittedFromMyGenerosityWhyNotReciprocate"> </a><a href="#iKnowItsSupposedToBeALotOfFunAndSomeOfTheParticipantsHaveBeenVeryNiceToMeOfferedGoodPlacesToStayForFreeEtcButIWantToGetPastTheGatekeepersIdLikeToBeInvitedForRealByThePeopleWhoRunTheShowIThinkTheyveBenefittedFromMyGenerosityWhyNotReciprocate"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">Update: <a href="http://www.ftrain.com/wwic.html">Paul Ford says</a> the theme of the web is Why Wasn't I Consulted? :-)</span><a name="updateAHrefhttpwwwftraincomwwichtmlpaulFordSaysaTheThemeOfTheWebIsWhyWasntIConsulted"> </a><a href="#updateAHrefhttpwwwftraincomwwichtmlpaulFordSaysaTheThemeOfTheWebIsWhyWasntIConsulted"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
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