Free food and booze for 12 days in hot and sunny Austin Texas. Whew. My best of everything at SXSW 2013
Best Films
Model used in the stop motion film Cicada Princess
– Cicada Princess / The Gold Sparrow / Oh Willy… – Various films at the SXSW 2013 Animated Shorts.
– Sound City – Dave Grohl
– Everything Will Be OK – Don Hertzfeldt
Best Interactive
Walking Dead Panel
– funf.org – An open source, sensor logging software for android. More than just G.P.S. tracking.
– WNyc.org/bugs – a sensor project to track the largest Cicada migration in 17 years.
Best Music
Andrew WK at SXSW 2013
– Andrew WK (Also Best Mosh Pit)
– Passion Pit
– Sound City Players
Best Beers
Uncle Bill’s Brewery
– The 7 different beers at Uncle Billy’s
– The Unnamed Beer I had at the Eagles of Death Metal show, the beer tap head was a piece of tree bark.
Best Food
Crawfish
– Crawfish, caught, cooked, prepped, and sold by a friendly Cajun
– Best Free: BBQ I found on the first day where I had the best brisket ever
Best Panel
Neil Gaiman Interviewing Chuck Lorre
Neil Gaiman Interviewing Chuck Lorre, when I meet Neil Gaiman afterward at a bus stop.
Best Booth
Group award to the SXSW Create Tent. So many neat booths. Big thanks to SparkFun for the free Arduino Uno!
Best Freebie
Forrest James
A signed, foil stamped, limited edition, red vinyl record at the chip tune meetup from Forrest James