I’m sitting in an airplane at 5:45am, waiting to take off to Colorado, and then to Austin Texas, for the South By South West Film Festival. Someday maybe this job will afford me a direct flight, sans connections. This will be my first time at SXSW, as well as my first time in Austin, so it should be fun (I’ve realized that with these sort of things, the first time is usually the best experience). I’ll have a much lighter schedule than I did at Sundance, and starting on Sunday, I’ll actually have a second man (the incomparable Mel Valentin) on the ground in Austin with me providing coverage. And as always, Hunter will be picking up the slack, and filling in the gaps. So don’t worry, we’ll still have all the mainstream stuff covered.
At Sundance I didn’t get to blog about my experiences as much as I would have liked, so expect more of that as well.
One other big site change: As you may have noticed looking at the button in the right sidebar, we’ve entered the 21st century and finally signed up for a Twitter account. We will be blogging throughout the day in Austin, and for the foreseeable future after that. So far we’ve been posting observations, and even once in a while posting on late breaking news before we are able to get in-depth coverage up on the site. So please visit twitter.com/slashfilm, and follow us or add our Twitter feed to your RSS reader. When we return from SXSW, we’ll figure out a better way to integrate Twitter into the site.
Thanks for reading!
Peter Sciretta
March 6th, 2008 at 7:54 am
Have a nice flight, parties and other stuff. :)))
March 6th, 2008 at 8:34 am
just curious
is the site re-design and forum coming soon? or at all?
March 6th, 2008 at 9:57 am
I too wish you have a good trip.
But talking of site redesigns…. please don’t redesign. One of the reasons I go on /Film, and why I think the site works well is because it’s simple and accessible. Redesigns usually mean adding more depth and complex pages to a site, which would for me, take away from the simplicity of /Film which I love.
Regardless, keep up the good work. Cheers!
March 6th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
dido with the site redsign idea… maybe different colours if you want a change up, but not more complixity… that’s the very reason I left other website and made /film my number #1…
March 6th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Hi P! Enjoy the festival - wish I was there dammit.
Favor: Let me know if this happens to you: You await the presentation of a film and the person sitting ahead of you is wearing a cowboy hat.
March 6th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Peter, in the heart of Austin on the main strip, (cant remember the streets name, but it wont be hard to find) my buddy bartends at a bar called ‘the mooseknuckle’, its the livest craziest place i went to down there, you gotta check it out if you can. that whole street gets closed off and its a really fun party atmosphere. his name is nate, & the bar is badasssss. have fun, safe travels, im jealous as hell that you get to go!
March 7th, 2008 at 5:56 am
Have a great time Peter… try not to get sick this time. Pick up some Purell and use it often. Less handshakes and more photos.
Looking forward to your posts….and even more for your swag give-away contest. :)
BTW… who won the Sundance Swag give aways?