@pixelodeon: First Thoughts

Today and tomorrow, I'm at pixelodeon 2007 but you knew that already, right?

I'm currently at the starbucks on Hollywood & Western taking a break from the screenings and getting an iced coffee and a sammich. Here are some quick thoughts:

1. Despite the intersection of creators and tech, this doesn't feel like a tech event at all. Way fewer laptops, way more Blackberries.
2. That said, web folks are here. Nick Douglas, Sean Bonner, Jackson West, Halcyon, co-worker Dave from Family Fun, and a bunch of other faces I recognize from SXSW.
   
3. I'm pretty sure Ask A Ninja just nonchalantly threw out there that they have a 7 figure deal with federated media.
4. Having to take the steps to get up to the AFI Campus after walking up the hill that is Western and a workout that featured 3-tiered squats this morning was very not awesome.
5. The UGC indie online media creator conversation has matured in just the three months since SXSW. It's interesting looking at it from my traditional media perch.
6. I don't watch nearly enough online video. There's really interesting stuff out there.
7. New places to check out: good magazine, freshtopia, treehuggertv, kenyattacheese.net.
8. Also, I really kind of want to sell my car and convert a diesel vehicle into a biodiesel machine or get rid of my car altogether and maybe buy some land and build a scrap house.