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    SXSW Day Four

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    SXSW Day Four Posted by: in Services Filed under: Internet, Web services, Social Software, web 2.0 Day four and we’ve lost track of which hurt more, our livers or our feet. After yesterday’s Facebook keynote revolt, we planned on a day of exceptional interviews and kept our tightly packed schedules close at hand. As they often warn, life is what happens when you’re making other plans. We did manage to hook up with the folks at Twine for a fantastic interview which really explained what’s behind their beta mode invite only fortress. After that the guys from Five Runs stopped by to talk about their fantastic new app for monitoring your Ruby on Rails server, a piece that’s sorely needed in the modern web services space. Shiv Signh from Razorfish then met up with us to talk about how social media can work for big corporations, and some of the hurdles they face in adopting healty social marketing practices. The bad sprits Zuckerberg left in the event hall yesterday were still floating heavy in the air. Around 2pm the word came down that there would be a rematch. Zuckerberg a mulligan, a do-over in the vernacular of the playground, this time off site, and the inter-conference grapevine was douced with gasoline and set ablaze. There would be blood, someone’s milkshake would be drank, and the whole thing was going down at 4pm. Continue reading SXSW Day Four Permalink Share This Share This