SXSWi 2013: Innovative Start-Ups and Random Stuff

I went to my first SXSW Interactive Festival last week to see what the fuss was all about. I heard that the city of Austin becomes a zoo with massive line ups everywhere. I was pleasantly surprised when I showed up to the convention center on Friday morning to get my badge. I was in line at 8:45am and the doors opened at 9am but man was the line fast. There were 42 workers manning the registration booths so yeah, pretty awesome and I was out at 9:15am. Kudos to SXSW for predicting this huge rush.

MUST SEE Awesome Mashup of Top 50 Pop Songs [Video]

*Updated with "The Making Of"

So, I'm not sure how you get around all the copyright issues on YouTube but Daniel Kim has created a really awesome mashup of over 50 top pop songs from 2012.  He's actually been doing this for a few years so I've put in his previous mashups from 2011 and 2010.

Daniel must be learning from his previous tries as 2012 does seem to be the best one yet. His "making of" is quite interesting as the process he used to make the video is quite technical and if you don't know anything about audio engineering techniques, it would be close to impossible to replicate.

Check it out, they sound really good. Well done Daniel Kim!

Everything Gangnam Style: Ellen, Today Show, SNL, Call Me Gangnam

*Updated with old school Nintendo style 8-bit video!

Ok, so I had to post about this ridiculously viral video by Korean Pop Star PSY. Gangnam is apparently the uber-rich part in South Korea, similar to I guess Beverly Hills in LA. PSY appeared as a sneak guest on The Ellen Show with Britney Spears and was also on The Today Show. There was a great spoof of Gangnam Style on SNL (Saturday Night Live) last weekend, a fun remix with Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" and lipdubs by the US Navy and Gandalf.

At first, I didn't like the song at all. Call it brainwashing but if you hear something often enough and learn the words, you know what, it grows on you. Just like The Macarena or Justin Bieber.

Check out the video/clips below:

Carly Rae Jepsen vs. PSY - Call Me Gangnam