See Part 1 here.
If South by Southwest Interactive (or SXSWi, for those in the know) is good for anything, it’s breaking news that makes no freaking sense whatsoever if you don’t already know the names of the companies and apps at issue.
I was thinking about sending gibberish tweets involving SXSW-style jargon using the #SXSWi hashtag, just for fun and because I’m kind of a snarky ass. My Twitter handle is @wellslawoffice, though, so it doesn’t look all that credible coming from me.
Via lemmetweetthatforyou.com
I could start a @BreakingInteractiveNews account, I suppose….
Most of my ideas are pretty mean, could possibly lead to at least some civil suits, and really just need to remain ideas in my twisted brain…… Not that I’ve ever let that stop me before.
Location-based apps seem to be all the rage right now. Hmmmmmm…….
- Orange JuliUber: When you absolutely have to have that sweet, delicious concoction of orange juice, vanilla, and powdered egg whites, one of our drivers will be there for you.
![By Terence Ong (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://crypticphilosopher.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/800px-Orange_Julius-SG.jpg "By Terence Ong (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons")
Admit it. You want a smoothie right now.
- FindAMasochist uses your phone’s location data to help you find people in your area who want to be slapped in the face in public.
- EmuFinder: Matching savvy smartphone users with the Texas Hill Country’s feral emu population since 2015.
![By William Warby (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://crypticphilosopher.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/450px-Dromaius_novaehollandiae_head_Battersea_Park_Childrens_Zoo.jpg "By William Warby (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons")
Friend?
Feel free to suggest your own killer apps for future SXSWi’s in the comments, and I’ll get my crack team of web developers to work on it right away.
Photo credits: Terence Ong (Own work) [GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0 or CC BY 2.5], via Wikimedia Commons; William Warby (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
