Alan Weinkrantz’s Stream of Life

The State of NOW welcomes you to the State of Texas

Friends attending SXSW Interactive are invited to join the mini #140conf taking place the afternoon of March 16th from 2 PM to 6 PM.

Members of the media wanting to interview Jeff Pulver prior to, or during SXSW, please reach out to me - alan at weinkrantz dot com or @alanweinkrantz

The following is the latest draft of the #140conf @ SXSW 2010 Schedule

#140conf @ SXSW 2010 (draft 1.5.0)

2:00 Welcome - Jeff Pulver (@jeffpulver)
2:05 Jeff Pulver (@jeffpulver) - “The State of NOW”
2:20 The twitter Kids of Tanzinia (panel): @StaceyMonk, @AJLeon, @MelissaLeon
2:35 Marlooz (@marlooz) - Love 2.0
2:45 Digital Producers and Disruptors (panel): (Natalie Lent (@natalielent), Director, Emerging Platforms, ID PR; Sarah Ross (@sarah_ross) - Katalyst Media, Head of Digital) 
3:00 break

3:30 Jeff Sass (@sass) - Listen and Hear
3:45 Hank Wasiak (@hankwasiak) - Time To Change The Way We See Social Media.
4:00 twitter and Photography - Wm Marc Salsberry
4:10 Bowen Payson (@virginamerica) - Manager of Online and Digital Marketing, Virgin America - "twitter and an Airline. Our story" 
4:20 Andy Dixon (@AndyDixn) - twitter and Integrity
4:30 break 
5:00 twitter and Music: (Panel): (Steve Greenberg, (@steviegpro) CEO, S-Curve Records, +TBA)
5:30 Adam Wallace (@adwal), New Media Manager, The Roger Smith Hotel, "It's All About The People."
5:40 The effects of twitter on News Gathering (panel): Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox); James Imajes (@Imajes); Brian Stelter (@brianstelter, New York Times.
6:00 End

(schedule is subject to change without notice)

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Last weekend, client, John Dickson, Denim Group Principal and Conference Chair of the  Texas Lyceum - #TexasLyceumSA acted as Conference Chair for the Texas Lyceum’s first quarterly meeting of 2010.

Starting this Thursday, regional PBS stations in Texas will air the Great Debate. It’s great to see the issue of Cyber Security being brought to the mainstream and out of the techie world. Thought leaders like John Dickson are contributing to conversation. You can follow John onTwitter.

Air times for the broadcast are as follows:

Amarillo > KACV > Thursday, February 18 at 8:00 p.m.

Austin > KLRU > Thursday, February 18 at 8:00 p.m.

Corpus Christi > KEDT > Thursday, February 18 at 7:00 p.m.

El Paso > KCOS > Sunday, February 21 at 1:00 p.m.

Killeen > KNCT > will air it in April

Houston > KUHT > Sunday, February 21 at 4:00 p.m.

Lubbock > KTXT > Sunday, February 21 at 1:00 p.m.

Midland/Odessa > KPBT > Thursday, February 18 at 8 p.m.

San Antonio > KLRN > Thursday, Feb. 18 at 8:00 p.m.

Waco > KWBU > Sunday, February 21 at 1:30 p.m.

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I use Wordle to help me shape the editorial fabric of my writing.

It's a great tool to use once in a while to see what words are more pronounced than others, where I emphasize certain subject matters, people and how often I suggest certain subjects, strategies and ideas.

You can pick different fonts, colors, and the way your words are arranged. The site also has a galleries where you can view other people's works, and of course, post your own.

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Having played the drums for 40 years, I still have the set my Dad bought me when I was just 16.

I've made some modifications, replaced some of hardware, and added new cymbals along the way. I have a space dedicated for my instruments and have bought a few guitars as I am also taking guitar lessons from Steve Owens from The Mo-dels.

If your travels bring you to San Antonio and you want to rock out once in a while, email me - alan at weinkrantz dot com or DM me on Twitter: @alanweinkrantz.

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Strategic Communications and Personal Branding

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Kudos to Erik Darmstetter who runs the ship at Sales by 5. Here he is at a famed #PittyParty dressed accordingly.

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