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Friday, March 7, 2008 3:30 PM

Fairgrounds

7311 Decker Lane Austin, Texas TX 78724

The Texas Star Rodeo is actually on from the 29th of February to the 15th or March. However the first day of SXSW is mostly registration, so I thought it could be fun to round up a few stray attendees and head on over. Expect lots of cowboy hats, bucking broncos and chilie cook-offs. Oh, and a monkey that rides a sheepdog.

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Friday, March 7, 2008 1:00 PM

University of Texas at Austin campus

1700 Red River St. Austin, Texas 78701 Get the lowdown from industry insiders. How to make your digital products usable for success in the real world.

Featuring speakers: Chris McCurry and Michael Chang from Neudesic, Austin, TX Travis Schmeisser and Varick Rosete from nGenWorks, Jacksonville, FL Keynote by Dr. Andrew Dillon, Dean of the School of Information”

Note that GSB 2.124 is near but not at the “UT Austin South Mall” location, the closest location ID available in Upcoming. For the exact location, see: Link

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Friday, March 7, 2008 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Austin Rock Gym South

4401 Freidrich Ln. Suite 300 Austin, Texas 78744

A few folks have mentioned wanting to get a group together to go rock climbing while in Austin for SXSW. Pack your climbing shoes and let’s do it! We’ll meet in the Hilton Austin lobby by the waterfall.

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Friday, March 7, 2008 – Tuesday, March 11, 2008 7:30 AM – 7:30 AM

Brush Square Park

5th and Neches Austin, Texas

For most of the SXSW Interactive Conference, you’ll be sitting at the convention center or stuffing your face with appetizers and drinks at an evening event. Refresh your body and and join fellow SXSW Interactive participants for a very leisurely morning run through Austin.

We’ll meet at the entrance to Brush Park (across from the North side of the convention center) from March 7-11 at 7:30am. The pace will be easy to moderate and the mood will be jolly. Participants of all experience levels are encouraged to join. Plan to run for 20-40 minutes and explore the trails of Town Lake and Zilker Park. If anyone is familiar with Austin, please feel free to suggest a running route. I’m looking forward to meeting all of you there!

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Friday, March 7, 2008 – Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Austin Convention Center

500 E Cesar Chavez Street Austin, Texas 78701

SHOWCASING NEW INNOVATIONS IN THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY ScreenBurn The third annual ScreenBurn Festival enables consumers and game developers to preview the future of this industry, hear about soon-to-be-released titles, learn fascinating insights from thought-provoking experts, plus meet up-and-coming new talent whose innovations are powering the next generation of play.

SCREENBURN 2008: March 7-11th, Austin, Texas

The 2008 edition of ScreenBurn, the gaming component of SXSW Interactive, is a five-day event providing up-and-coming gaming industry talent an opportunity to learn from more established professionals. Rise to the next level of your career through enlightening panel discussions, networking opportunities, and technical discoveries. ScreenBurn features four days of presentations related to the newest developments in the gaming industry, held on the Third Floor of the Convention center.

ScreenBurn 2008 also includes the ScreenBurn Arcade, taking place on the first floor of the Austin Convention Center on Saturday, March 8 and Sunday, March 9th. The ScreenBurn Arcade, an open platform of exhibitors and game tournaments, is free to the public and connects consumers, independents, developers, and soon to be masters of the game world.

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Friday, March 7, 2008 7:00 PM

Maggie Mae’s

323 E 6th St. Austin, Texas 78701

Meetup in Austin during the SXSW conferences to put some faces to all the people we talk to on listservs all year. We’ll help kick off SXSW 2008 right and give you a chance to meet other attendees from the education sector!

Come and go as you please as we’ll be very close to other SXSWi opening parties!

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Friday, March 7, 2008 6:00 PM

Mongolian Grille

117 San Jacinto Austin, Texas 78701

In a tradition passed down through generations,the austinbloggers.org group gets together for Mongolian BBQ at the beginning of SXSWi.

All are welcome. You don’t need to be an Austinite or a blogger to attend, but you do need a high tolerance for nerdy discussion.

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Friday, March 7, 2008 8:00 PM

Red Eyed Fly

715 Red River Austin, Texas 78701

This is gonna be a good show! Cobretti, For Sake of the Ruins, The Homicides, Axle Wolf and of course SEDIUM!!!!!! You can’t go wrong with this lineup. Bring your damn mohawks and drink some beer and for the love of god get to the front of the stage!

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