Last chance to make a grab for Answers.com at SXSW… Shaya’s even got it all set up so nice… Tweet @ pickleshy and get your share of…
Putty pyramid…
“I’ve Got All The Answers” t-shirts…
Or, um… what?!
That’s right. Answers.com not only prevents forest fires (or something) but we saved blogger/writer/idea machine Scott Stead’s life with our information on breathing fire and building flamethrowers (that’s right). Scott was going to attempt the feats and decided his ’sticky bits’ weren’t worth torching after reading up on the art on Answers.com.
Here he tells his not-so-fiery tale to Shaya at SXSW:
Jeff Jarvis, blogger at BuzzMachine and a whole lot more, talks to Answers.com about content at SXSW Interactive about where WikiAnswers fits in the content farm discussion.
Here’s the direct link, too. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us, Jeff!
Can I get a “Helloooo Austin, Texas!”
Our very own Shaya (@pickleshy) is running around SXSW Interactive with tons of Answers.com gear to giveaway. If you’ve been answering @Answersdotcom’s tweets and getting prizes for it, you know what I’m talking about. If you haven’t been - well, only 2.5 days left!
Shaya reported a bit on what she’s seeing and hearing at SXSW and here are a few snapshots to piece together… Oh, and the following statement that Shaya will have to explain at some point:
“Crowdsurfing sheep, flame-throwing buses, robots that play music, random random random (and ppl who call it stochasticity). Nearly saw a terrible rehashing of the super bowl Janet Jackson event during a slightly slutty soul sistas karaoke performance.”
Bag o’ giveaways in transit to Austin, Texas.
Getting the interactive on.
Lego A-burst!
Moose dude.
Answers.com sticker pole dance.
Sticker makes its mark.
The one and only Shaya!
Stay tuned for more tales from Texas later this week…
As folks from across the globe (!) gear up to arrive in Austin, Texas, this week for South by Southwest, Answers.com is packing its bags with goodies to give out during the SXSW Interactive conference, from March 12-16.
If you’re going to be attending the event, make sure to follow Answersdotcom on Twitter. When questions about SXSW are tweeted, reply to Answersdotcom with your answers and win a prize! You’ll get prize-pick up instructions and walk away the proud of owner of an Answers.com… well, why ruin the surprise?
Read more about what Answers.com is giving away at SXSW this year.
Answers.com’s very own Shaya will be at SXSW Interactive too, so make sure to say hi. You can follow her at Pickleshy and get her perspective on the conference, too.
You’ve met the Orange Guy. Now meet his whole community! His crazy aunt Betty, his hippie older sister, the detective he hired 2 years ago… They’re all here and waiting to be uploaded to your Facebook so you can tag your friends, or select the one you identify with most and use it as your avatar.
Click the image to get to the Facebook version and share the Orange Guy grid on your profile and tag your friends. You can also save it, select an Orange Guy and re-upload it to use it wherever you feel like expressing your inner orange!
From the brilliant mind at Jester Arts Illustrations.
Now, along with your other options for signing in to Answers.com, you can use your LinkedIn ID.
LinkedIn is a networking site for professionals, and as such, is yet another tool you can use to use your real name on Answers.com and become a trusted expert. It’s a great idea if you plan on building your online reputation by becoming an active Q&A contributor.
With a LinkedIn ID, you’ll be able to import your profile photo to your Answers.com bio page, as well as prominently display a link to your LinkedIn profile.
It works similarly to signing in with Facebook, Google, Twitter or Yahoo - read the full how-to on signing in.
