3 posts tagged “tim ferriss”

This was the first session of South By Interactive 2008 and I happened to be on it. I shared the stage with our hostess, MJ, Ian, Tim, Rannie, and Matt. Our live musical accompaniment was Joe, The Accordion Guy.

Biggest audience for a panel that I've ever been a part. The Audience filled 18ABCD and there were even people standing in the back. Thanks for coming.

We were drinking a beverage out of a bag on stage - Bulleit. And, I rode the Bulleit baby!!

Here's what I said on stage:

1. The only important things in the SXSWi bag for SXSWi itself are the dillo map, the interactive panel booklet (read it in your hotel and leave it there), the adobe fortune cookie (so you might win the CS3 Master Edition), the metanotes note pad (so you can leave your laptop at home) and the O'Reilly Puzzle book. The single most important thing doesn't come inside the bag but is available next to it - the quick guide. Keep this with you.
2. Do Talk to Strangers. Especially in the halls.
   
3. Don't Pace Yourself.
4. Make Out. We need more sex at SXSWi.
5. If you don't end up in a random car or cab and you don't know where you're going or why but you're with some of the most awesome people you've ever met, you're probably doing it wrong.
6. The Austinist Party at the Pure Volume Ranch is my pick this year.
7. Sched.org

I was told afterwards that I didn't talk very much. This, my children, is because I was drunk.

So, here's everything I would've said if I wasn't on the Bulleit train:

1. I'm working on a follow up book to Tim's 4-Hour Work Week. It's called the 64-Hour Work Week. I'd give you a release date but I'm too busy to write it.
2. Be nice to the people of Austin. They are great and tolerate our nonsense for a week.
3. Get a slice at The Onion.
4. Get a Butter Rum Muffin at The Hideout.
5. Say Hi to Me.
6. Go to at least 1 meal with people you don't know.
7. Seriously, people, Make Out.

I hope you enjoyed our drunken missives.

So, on the first night of SXSW this year, I met and took a picture of this random guy at the blogher meetup. He was touting his yet to be published book called "The 4 Hour Work Week." I didn't think much of it. In fact, I may have actively poo-pooed the concept arguing that, of course Tim could do the 4-hour work week, he'd already made his millions.

Last weekend in San Francisco, I ran into Tim again. He was giving away copies of the book at Element Lounge during MJ's Web 2.0 Birthday party and I picked up one still being a non-believer. But, you know, Tim's an interesting guy and we had a brief but intriguing conversation so, in one of the few quiet moments of the weekend, I cracked it open.

I'm a believer now and, today, I'm dreamlining.

4 Things I want to have:

1. *Hip Hop Abs
2. The BMW 2007 M6 Convertible
3. Weekly Cleaning & Laundry Service
4. Complete DJ rig

5 Things I want to be:

1. A Chess Tournament Champion
2. *A Club DJ
3. A Great(er) Lover
4. Fluent in Spanish
5. Fluent in Tagalog

1. Visit Greece
2. *Write the Saunders Family History
3. *Live in San Francisco
4. See Bjork live in concert
5. Make a Documentary

Now, you may remember that I got on the 101/1001 train a few years ago (and failed miserably at it) so this whole list thing makes me a little nervous but I'll explain why this is way more effective and useful in the next post.

Next up: Next steps

This post's playlist:

1. La Raza by Kid Frost
2. Party and Bullshit (ratatat remix) by The Notorious B.I.G.
3. Laff At 'Em (Give It To Me RMX f/ Justin Timberlake & Jay-Z) by Timbaland
4. I'm Throwed by Paul Wall
5. Rehab (Desert Eagle Remix) by Amy Winehouse
6. Revolt (Le Tigre mix) by Lesbians on Ecstasy
7. Spit It Clearly by Dilated Peoples
8. Hip Hop (RMX f/ Jadakiss and Saigon) by Joell Ortiz
9. Don't You Have A Man (f/ Dwele and Little Brother) by Drake
10. The Lucky One by Au Revoir Simone

*represents the "4 dreams that would change it all"

Date Stamp: 04.21.07

A light rain covers San Francisco. It's 6:33  pm. I'm sitting in the mezzanine at the Hotel Metropolis trying to angle appropriately for the complimentary wifi that seems to elude me. Felicia and Melissa are napping in our kryptonite colored room. I've just coordinated dinner plans with some of my very favorite people like Mita and Mr. West and I trust that our evening will only begin with tapas.

I'm very happy.

I've twittered about random things like leg cramps and Dixie bands and cannoli while I've been here and they are all true. I'm still battling the muscle tightness that cropped up last night at the Element Lounge. MJ's web 2.0 birthday party featured some ridiculous pop confection - at least 4 songs featuring Fergie and the Timbaland/Nelly Furtado/Justin Timberlake hit twice - along with the requisite megamixes and reggaeton and after trying to play it cool and take it easy, I was overcome. We danced it out. We walked it out. We got George to break it down. And then, because I'm old, the back of my right leg seized up. It hasn't quite relinquished it's hold.

This should be a problem because we spent the day walking the city. Breakfast at Cafe Mason was followed by a cable car ride to The Buena Vista and many an irish coffee, many a joke, and one camera lesson on the wonder of the macro feature and food shots. We then trekked through North Beach and found the "WashBaG crawdad feed" that featured the most excellent Dixie Band covering some of your 80s favorites including Rockwell, Phil Collins and the Eurythmics. We didn't stop there.

Can't Stop. Won't Stop.

So we continued on through the Italian rooted enclave until we found Mara's Italian Eatery and had the finest of pastries, gelatos and coffees before walking back to Union Square and then on to the hotel.

In betwixt all that, I've seen Smokler and Tim Ferriss and Jaschu. I've danced with strange women and been drunkenly encouraged by strange men. I've discussed local politics and web industry gossip and eaten my face off.

I've felt both special and normal at the same time. I've felt at home.

Huh.

So, if this feels like home what does LA feel like to me right now?

A question for another day, methinks.

This post's playlist:

1. To Dry Up (feat. Charlotte Savary) by Hope & Sorrow
2. Don't Sit on the Pickets by Racetrack
3. Morning Child by 4Hero
4. Interlude by Jay Dee aka J Dilla
5. You Broke My Heart by Cavalry of Light
6. Sweaty  Wet/Dirty Damp by Gameboy/Gamegirl