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Sarah Lacy speaks out about Zuckerberg interview
Honestly, as painful as it was, I think it's ultimately a net positive for me. All most people hear is the vocal minority. I went to four parties Sunday night, was mobbed, and no one said a bad word. I haven't even gotten a single negative email. No one sees the hundreds of notes that have poured in supporting me, saying they were there and embarrassed, or the messages I've received from other Valley CEOs telling me they enjoyed the keynote and that we all get attacked at some point in our careers. It's just part of the job. Can't take the good without the bad.Sarah Lacy shares her view on her SXSW Mark Zuckerberg interview. Hold on, let me fix that for you. "I me I I me I me." There, that's better. [I Want Media]
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AUSTIN, TX — A confession: Between the rain pouring down and the rumors pouring in, I didn't even make it to the Austin Convention Center today for any of SXSW's official programming. A show veteran granted me absolution: "No one makes it to the third day." The third night, however, was not optional. The hot ticket: Facebook's Get.friends party at Pangaea. The Crush party at Six Lounge a half-block down Colorado Street was the chill-out alternative. Scott Kidder and I hopped between the two, snapping pictures all the while. Mazyar "Mazy" Kazerooni of OpenHulu fame joined up for the party tour. At Six, I found myself sandwiched between Sarah Lacy and Julia Allison, SXSW's two controversy magnets. Back at Pangaea, I spotted Dave McClure grooving ecstatically to BT, the electronica artist Facebook evangelist Dave Morin picked for the event. (Don't tell Morin: BT has a MySpace page.) The afterparty? It took so long to get going anywhere that we ended up having it outside on Colorado Street, where Wired's Megan McCarthy administered breathalyzer tests. More photos:
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SXSW bar crawl begins in earnest
AUSTIN, TX — A confession: Between the rain pouring down and the rumors pouring in, I didn't even make it to the Austin Convention Center today for any of SXSW's official programming. A show veteran granted me absolution: "No one makes it to the third day." The third night, however, was not optional. The hot ticket: Facebook's Get.friends party at Pangaea. The Crush party at Six Lounge a half-block down Colorado Street was the chill-out alternative. Scott Kidder and I hopped between the two, snapping pictures all the while. Mazyar "Mazy" Kazerooni of OpenHulu fame joined up for the party tour. At Six, I found myself sandwiched between Sarah Lacy and Julia Allison, SXSW's two controversy magnets. Back at Pangaea, I spotted Dave McClure grooving ecstatically to BT, the electronica artist Facebook evangelist Dave Morin picked for the event. (Don't tell Morin: BT has a MySpace page.) The afterparty? It took so long to get going anywhere that we ended up having it outside on Colorado Street, where Wired's Megan McCarthy administered breathalyzer tests. More photos:
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The complete Mark Zuckerberg/Sarah Lacy video
The full, hour-long Mark Zuckerberg SXSW 2008 keynote interview, via AllFacebook.
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Lesson for Zuckerberg: How to hold a conversation
Admit it: Attractive women intimidate you. So you'd like to blame yesterday's keynote travesty on Sarah Lacy. She talked way too much, it's true. But Zuck's problem is tha he doesn't know how to hold a conversation like a human. He's more like Summer Glau's Terminator in the Sarah Connor Chronicles: He refuses to respond to any sentence during an interview that doesn't start with a who, what, where, when, or why and end with a lilting vocal question mark. Zuck, we're here to help. We know you're too busy to read "How To Master The Art of Conversation." For you, sir, the 100-word version. More »
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Why Mark Zuckerberg isn't saying anything
I agree with the popular take on Sarah Lacy's Zuckerberg interview at SXSW to this degree: The audience was revolting. Lacy threw an unbecomingly petulant tantrum on stage. But the Twitter reaction was equally self-indulgent. The debates over her performance obscured the man who should have been under the microscope: Mark Zuckerberg. As a speaker, Facebook's CEO is trying to model himself after Steve Jobs. He's gotten help from Bill Clinton's former speaking coach. But so far, all he's learned is the fine art of saying nothing. More »
10:00 AM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By Owen Thomas
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Latest by n/a: Twitter is just another gimmick fade that people will get bored with, as far as the interview, Mark is not a very good speaker and he probably should step down as CEO and let someone with more experience run the more »
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More Zuckerberg/Lacy trainwreck footage
I'm not going to defend Sarah Lacy or what Wired dubbed her "unique, friendly style of interviewing." It's only unique in that no one who's any good uses it, because it doesn't work. Nor will I cover for Facebook's overrated PR team, who insisted on and rehearsed this game of softball. I won't apologize for SXSW organizers, who pack the show with Internet microcelebs instead of the most elucidating presenters. No excuses at all for Mark Zuckerberg, a man with no onstage talent who covered it by tossing his interviewer to the wolves. But if you really hated yesterday's big event, Austin attendees, blame yourselves. SXSW only gave you exactly what you wanted: A chance to relive Spring Break and the senior prom, but with you and your self-styled "geek" friends as the popular kids. Let's have Sarah interview Mark! Lesson learned: The prom sucks for the king and queen, too.
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Blogfather Jeff Jarvis on Lacy's Zuckerbomb
Writes Jeff Jarvis, the magazine veteran who turned blogger a few years ago:When it became obvious that the audience was hostile to her — cheering Zuckerberg when he told her to ask a question — she acted hurt, as if this hour was about her. Worse, she told us how tough her job was. It wasn't tough. It was a privilege and she was blowing it. And at the end, when she said that people should send her an email telling her what went wrong, she was so 1994; she didn't understand that the people in the crowd were already coalescing in Twitter and blogs into an instant consensus. Oh, if only there'd been a back-channel chat projected on the screen beside her. Then, she could have seen.[BuzzMachine]
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Sarah Lacy's "Lesley Stahl moment"
If you didn't get to experience the Sarah Lacy-Mark Zuckerberg keynote travesty firsthand — or just want to relive it — here's a short clip of the interview. I've cut it down to Lacy's most awkward moment, when Zuckerberg tells her she has to ask him a question before he'll respond. Watch the clip and you'll see that clearly, Lacy should have talked less and listened more. But doesn't Zuck remind you of an android from the future still learning the nuances of human conversation?
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Zuckerberg/Lacy interview video
This clip from SXSW Sunday afternoon goes as far as the point where BusinessWeek columnist Sarah Lacy prods Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg with a "Lesley Stahl moment," whatever that is. Zuck's reply, "You have to ask a question," brings down the house. (Video by Austin American-Statesman reporter Omar Gallaga)
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I'm still looking for video of the Mark Zuckerberg interview meltdown from SXSW in Austin earlier today. So far I've only got this post-event clip of interviewer Sarah Lacy by Austin American-Statesman journo Omar Gallaga. Pullquote: "A core group of people in the room got so angry that they probably basically ruined South by Southwest for getting people that high-profile again." Also: "A lot of people said they got a lot out of it, and we broke a lot of news, so I feel fine about it as a journalist." Assignment for Owen Thomas: You were there. Please post a bullet list of all the news broken today. (Ed.'s note: Glad to oblige, after the jump.) More »
You guys don't know a brilliant interview when you suffer through one
I'm still looking for video of the Mark Zuckerberg interview meltdown from SXSW in Austin earlier today. So far I've only got this post-event clip of interviewer Sarah Lacy by Austin American-Statesman journo Omar Gallaga. Pullquote: "A core group of people in the room got so angry that they probably basically ruined South by Southwest for getting people that high-profile again." Also: "A lot of people said they got a lot out of it, and we broke a lot of news, so I feel fine about it as a journalist." Assignment for Owen Thomas: You were there. Please post a bullet list of all the news broken today. (Ed.'s note: Glad to oblige, after the jump.) More »
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Pro journalists pile on Sarah Lacy
"Stop Sarah Lacy before she kills again," pleaded MIT Technology Review editor Jason Pontin from his seat as BusinessWeek columnist Sarah Lacy interviewed Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg at SXSW in Austin. "This interview is remarkably like an uncomfortable date." CNET's Daniel Terdiman posts a gleeful recap of Lacy's hecklers and adds: "From the beginning of her interview with Zuckerberg, she repeatedly interrupted him." Lacy's response: "Screw all you guys."
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Twitterati lashes out at interviewer after Zuckerberg keynote
Kind words are few and far between when it comes to Sarah Lacy's keynote interview with Mark Zuckerberg earlier today at the South by Southwest conference. The dozens and dozens of negative tweets started coming in shortly after the keynote started, and have only gotten harsher since then. Here's a selection: More »
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Mark Zuckerberg SXSW keynote
AUSTIN, TX — 1:53 p.m. Central Time: Facebook PR director Brandee Barker gave me this exclusive scoop: CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who's due to take the stage for his SXSW Interactive keynote in minutes, is not wearing his famous Adidas flip-flops. In other news, Julia Allison just chewed me out and then gave me a granola bar. Daft Punk is playing on the sound system.2:05 p.m.: Zuckerberg and BusinessWeek columnist Sarah Lacy, who's interviewing him, have taken the stage. More »
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Spring break for Web developers
Hey, wait a second: Why am I the only one working at SXSW? For everyone else in the Valley, the Austin conference is just a sanctioned spring break party. Clearly, I'm an idiot. I just spent three hours snapping photographs at SXSW's Bit 16 opening-night afterparty, without so much as a beer touching my hands. The Scoot Inn, a dingy dive bar east of downtown, hosted the event. I ran into Julia Allison first thing. I heard Kevin Rose was there, too, but I never spotted him. Curious.) I chatted up Automattic's Matt Mullenweg, and Mashable's Pete Cashmore, as well as Glenda Bautista, Mullenweg's ballsy Bronx belle (pictured here with friends). It was a good time. But the ROI on SXSWi? Hard to spot, if you don't run an Austin bar, restaurant, or convention center. More »
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will appear Sunday, March 9, at the SXSW Interactive Festival. He'll be interviewed on stage by BusinessWeek columnist Sarah Lacy. [Allfacebook]
