Oh yeah, some other bands played at Outsidelands, too.
OutsideLands SF 2009 Day 2......bring on the musicians!Demo guy here. And while I've been here at the SF Outsidelands Music festival here in Golden Gate park, I've got a chance to speak with some of the performers of the festival and see how they've been digging the weekend festivities.
Raphael Saardiq was great enough to come by the Intel Dome after his Day 2 performance to talk to me a little bit about Outsidelands and Intel Technology. If you can hear over the jaming Intel DJ, Raphael had some great things to say about the concert experience, and how he wouldn't dream of using anything other than Intel platforms to produce all his projects (exagerating a little, but check the vid....).
Live from the Outlands Intel Dance Party......is Intel cool again?Yeah, you heard it. Intel Dance Party! Imprumptu, but a dance party none-the-less.
I got asked to come out to the Outsidelands in San Francisco @ Golden Gate Park to cover our Intel Dome and get a good look at the over 100 bands during the 3 day concert.
"Sure, why not?"
Let's say I was a little suprised upon arriving. The Intel Dome is a monster tent near the main venue stage, filled with an O2 bar, free drinks, augmented reality demos, live DJ, even inviting some of the attendees behind the DJ booth to do a little scratching of their own.
On Monday this week, we kicked off the "What's Inside You Sweepstakes". Share your story of how Intel processors make a difference in your life and be entered into a drawing with the chance to win several notable prizes, including a Sony VAIO* W series netbook autographed by Conan O'Brien.
Since Monday, we've seen at least a dozen great entries - so don't forget to share your story! Over the next few weeks, during the sweepstakes, I'll be sharing stories from sweepstakes entrants, so stay tuned!
Ok - I’ll be totally honest here… when I was first invited to goto Blizzcon - I hesitated. Why? Well, for one - I’m not a Warcraft player, I’ve seen Starcraft, and many of my friends have lost countless hours playing the Diablo series games… so why wasn’t I hooked on these games?
After attending Blizzcon - I now realize why Blizzard’s ‘accidental community’ is such a strong community… it’s a mix of the people, the game lore, the artistry involved - and finally - the games themselves!
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From my previous Blizzcon blogs, you know that World of Warcraft: Cataclysm and Diablo 3 have been previewed already - but many of you are die-hard Starcraft fans too! Whether you’re a Protoss, Terran or Zerg - this to be released game looks awesome!
The busy gaming season is upon us, and I've found myself flying around the country and living out of a suitcase once again. Thus far I have been to both Quakecon and Blizzcon, with PAX approaching soon.
Diablo 3 is one of those long awaited games that is being demo’ed at Blizzcon 2009 and wow does it look great! On the first day, we got to see a short video of a new player class: The Monk! Check it out!
As an online gamer, I’m pretty used to ‘community’ practices - finding friends, joining clans, online forums - but this Blizzard crew blows them all away! I’ve had a chance to walk the whole floor, and the amount of energy is just awesome at Blizzcon
I’ll keep this blog short as the booth is pretty busy - but for your World of Warcraft fans, here’s a quick video of the new Cataclysm update
In fact, this place is so packed with several thousand World of Warcraft gamers and enthusiasts, I almost want to run down to the local GameStop and grab me a copy of one.
Below are some photos I captured of several winners of the "Game On" contest and random folks here attending the conference. I also took some video below. It's been great getting to know many of them personally in just a few hours of being here at Blizzcon. Day one almost over.
It's already time for back to school and my little sister is one of thousands who will be a college freshman this year.
Part of the process of her moving to school includes buying her a laptop. When considering what to buy, she consulted me. Some of the items on her technology check list include: light weight, portability and speed. She also wants something she can watch movies and TV on.
Needless to say, I've learned a lot about the PC needs of a college student in the past few weeks. All students has the same basic needs: a great processor, lots of memory and long battery life. But what else? To help my little sis make her decision, I showed her a series of YouTube videos created by Intel to help college student wade through the tech waters as they decide what tech is best for them this back to school season.
If you ask around, I'm pretty sure that all of us know someone who works on an amazing cause. I can name several friends and family members who are passionate about one cause or another and I'm excited to announce here that Intel is going to give one nonprofit the chance to bring quite a bit of attention to themselves. A recently launched program called 'Vote for a Cause' which is underway on Facebook allows people to nominate and vote for their favorite nonprofit organization for a chance to win up to $50,000 in advertising with Intel. Think what $50K could do to help illuminate your cause and bring nationwide attention to it! Amazing.
All you need to do right now, is nominate on the Vote for a Cause page on Facebook. Then, in a few days, the voting will start and you'll have your chance to influence the decision. When I last checked there were over 100 entries so far, and that was only after the site had been live for a day or so.
So hop on, become a fan, nominate your cause or just start watching. I'm confident some amazing things are going to happen in just a few short weeks.
Blizzcon - a massive event for the most Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) creator - BLIZZARD Entertainment!
Yes - the software monstrosity that brings us games like StarCraft, Diablo, and World of Warcraft is having their annual Blizzcon event next weekend! And I’ll be there! (scary huh?)
They love to give away top prizes for dressing up as your favorite characters - things like Alienware Laptops, Gaming Mice, and High-Dollar photo/video software!
If I had to choose one reason why I like working at Intel, it wouldn’t be because I have a company issued Mac, or the fact that I get to go to CES every year and not have booth duty. Heck, it’s not even that I get to interview celebrities in Hollywood. The one reason is pretty simple; it’s the little things that Intel does to help humanity.
Today, we have officially launched Progress Thru Processors; a new Facebook application that uses idle PC processor power for projects that are geared toward life changing research such as finding cures for deadly diseases and combating climate change.
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