Have you ever wondered how we made it into space in 1961?
Do you look forward to the future where humans will travel throughout the galaxy and live peacefully without war, hunger or global warming?
Want to break into the business of film, radio or books?
Join me Friday at SXSW when I present
“How Sci-Fi Shapes The Internet” at 2pm in the Austin Conference Center, 9ABC.

Friday at SXSW, I will take you on a journey as we explore how great authors and directors of science fiction helped to shape our Internet.
Conference: SXSW Music, Film and Interactive Festival Austin, Texas
When: Friday, March 12, 2010
Where: Austin Conference Center, Room 9ABC
What: “How Sci-Fi Shapes The Internet”
I am very honored to of had my submission selected for this year’s conference! Thanks to the encouragement of Erica Mauter and Anjuan Simmons, I submitted a topic from the heart that I am passionate about sharing.
How am I feeling? Excited to present this topic because Sci-Fi allows us to think outside the box. We are no longer restriction to “what was” but instead can focus on “what can be”. This skill has been essential in terms of our NASA space program and the development of the Internet.
I will be covering two of my favorite Sci-Fi producers, Alfred Hitchcock and Rod Serling and how their early life experiences affected their work.
We’ll also look at how you can take lessons of the past and apply them to getting published in film, television or as an author.
Look forward to seeing you Friday at 2pm at SXSW!

photo credit: tuxthepenguin84
Ok, I’m totally liberating all the parties listed for Saturday from this awesome list of SXSW parties posted by Austin360.com for my blog. Thank you for putting this list together!
Today @janexnerteam gave me a #FollowFriday / #FF shout out in a different language…German! Pretty cool!
Folks I’m very happy to announce that Freshworkshops is undergoing some exciting changes in the next few months!
Today, I’ve just released two recorded trainings focused on people running blogs:
The first is Building Your Own Wordpress Website
and the second is How to Get Beautiful Blog Photos!
Here are the details of the two trainings. I’m working on several more. I received so many requests from people who couldn’t make it to the live trainings that this was the next obvious option.
Brandon (@sheatsb) sent this tweet last night: figuring I’ll never have another conversation with @adriarichards until May 5, 2011. which is the best kind of busy.
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Sorry Brandon. Super busy preparing for my presentation at SXSW and my move halfway across the country to San Francisco. We’ll see each other next week at SXSW!
As I finalize my move to San Francisco, I realize I’m scared.
I’m not afraid of San Francisco.
I’m not afraid that I won’t be successful.
It’s the overwhelming thought of the unknown in a new city that causes butterflies in my stomach.

photo credit: M Skaffari
I’ve just started reading Annie’s book, “Knit With Courage Live With Hope” where she shares her journey of moving from New Jersey to Minnesota and her husbands sudden health battle with Multiple Myeloma.
I’ve received a lot of questions from my previous blog post on converting and editing an iPhone voice memo.
Yes, it’s true. You can convert the .m4a files to .mp3.
Got to explain today that Foursquare (@foursquare was the virtual version of pissing in fire hydrants but for people
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