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SXSW Lessons Learned

If 2011 is remembered for anything, it will be as The Year SXSW Jumped the Shark.

Gotten too big (waiting in line)

-early adopters, there was still so much room for innovation and growth and discovery; it was all still novel

-that small community where you could walk down the street and see someone you know is gone

-mainstream; everyone sends someone from their company now. they don't know why, but they know that they should, to stay ahead

-so many products/tech startups, but nothing is notable

-any joker can have a panel; online voting can be gamed

-alternatives to sxsw
Albert Hughes: more specialized conference for me; cut out the extra noise and get speciific info for the field im working in and projects im working on

Designer and author David Kadavy, a presenter at this year's conference,

I still really love SXSW, but it doesn't have the serendipity that it used to. It has gotten so large, you don't run into friends as much as you used to, and there seem to be fewer spontaneous conversations going on amongst strangers. Instead of feeling like a small town where everyone says "hi" to one another, it feels like a big city: crowded, but lonely.

The conference was more exciting when the social web was in its infancy. Now that services like Twitter, Facebook, and Foursquare are more entrenched, the topics being explored have less synergy with the nature of a conference.

Stats:

4 years at SXSW (starting in 2008)
Occupation: Designer and Author
Website:http://kadavy.net

http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2011/03/15/sxsw-2011-great-networking-no-technology-breakthrough/

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No Hattie B's for now

Wildly popular Nashville hot chicken chain cancels plans for first Houston location

Hot chicken and fries by Hattie B's, coming to Austin.

Photo by Joseph Woodley

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Looks like Houstonians will have to wait a little longer than expected to try one of the most famous suppliers of Nashville hot chicken. Hattie B’s has canceled its plans to open a location in the Heights, a representative tells CultureMap.

The representative cited “construction costs for the ground-up build and other issues with this particular site” as reasons for the decision not to move forward. An eagle-eyed user on the Houston Architecture Info forum spotted a leasing notice for the property at 1808 N. Shepherd Dr. that had been scheduled for Hattie B’s.

In response to CultureMap’s request for comment about the property being for lease, Hattie B’s supplied a statement from co-founder Nick Bishop, Jr.

“While we have made the very difficult decision not to move forward with the project in the Heights, our commitment to finding a home in Houston remains strong. We love this city and have always imagined a Hattie B's here.”

First announced in 2021, Hattie B’s intended to open a 3,800-square-foot restaurant designed by Texas’s acclaimed Michael Hsu Office of Architecture that would have had seating for 175 people. Potentially, the design could be utilized for a new location.

Founded in Nashville in 2012, Hattie B’s serves tenders, sandwiches, and bone-in chicken at five different spice levels: Southern (no heat), mild, medium, hot, and the signature Shut the Cluck Up. The restaurant has four locations in Nashville along with locations in Atlanta, Birmingham, Dallas, Las Vegas, and Memphis. It has plans to open in Austin next year.

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