SXSW 2008 AltaVista Party Mentioned In Tribes by Seth Godin

by Scott Beale on November 11, 2008 · 6 comments

Recently I found out that I was referenced in “Tribes”, the new book by marketing guru Seth Godin about social groups and their leaders. The specific example Seth writes about (pages 37-38) is when I organized the spontaneous “AltaVista” party at the Ginger Man in Austin during SXSW 2008.

There is one small correction that I would like to point out regarding what Seth wrote, Laughing Squid doesn’t do laser engraving (Seth listed that in his description of us).

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1 mager November 11, 2008 at 11:44 am

Can you guys laser-engrave my laptop?

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2 adamjackson November 11, 2008 at 11:53 am

I would love some leah culver Laptop etching. I won't charge the companies either.

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3 Scott Beale November 11, 2008 at 11:58 am

Sorry, my laser pointer is not strong enough for the job.

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4 seth godin November 11, 2008 at 12:40 pm

Scott

It would be a lot easier for you to start offering laser engraving than it would be for me to change my book.

thanks.

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5 Scott Beale November 11, 2008 at 1:00 pm

Ha, that's interesting approach. In your next book please write about Microsoft being an open source software company.

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6 Larry November 12, 2008 at 12:33 pm

Laser engraving!! Yay !!!!

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