Finally, IT has arrived !!! www.AVSart.com

Myyyyy very dear friend Andrew VanSickle (@AVS14) has finally put together a website where he presents his art, talks about his art, presents other stuff, talks about other stuff, and lots of other stuff too ! Stuff stuff stuff. This past summer I did to my delight his t-shirt campaign and got a few of them too, and they are now available online for everyone to order. My favourite one is the orange/yellow below

I also have a 2 of his Weeping Supergirl paintings that are really cool and colorful, a gold one with color accents and a blue one full of silver stars. The gold one is 12X12 so really small and cute and the other one is normal sized. My good friend Paris loves it and got a bubblegum pink one when she came to Cincinnati, and like me she loved the meaning of the weeping supergirl — that every girl, even the strongest of all, can have weak moments and cry at times, even with a “S” on her chest… That every girl is human and can be hurt ! “No matter how strong, no matter how smart, no matter how beautiful, you still have feelings.”

Oh, and it’s also on my t-shirt and in my hand in that huge picture on the background… <3

AVS also did a series of "Fountain Square" t-shirts and paintings for all the good people of Cincinnati. I have one of them as well and I love it because when people ask me about it I just go into a story on how I used to live in Cincinnati and tell them about the paintings and everything

Andrew’s inspiration comes from the late Andy Warhol with the whole pop art movement he brought in the 1960′s and 70′s, where bright colors and popular images feature in a majority of his pieces. Andrew has also collaborated with Andy’s brother, Paul in the late 1990′s.

So anyway, please support my friend and visit the website and order stuff you like !

www.AVSart.com
www.AVSart.com
www.AVSart.com

<3

My favourite song of the moment…
the video is not bad either, Amber Rose pretty bad ass !

Rumors are flying that Fabolous and Amber are not only dating, they are expecting a baby ! What do you think ? I say bullshit as usual

Anyways, blast & enjoy !!!

You what’s up girl, ain’t gotta ask it
I dead em all now, I buy the caskets
They should arrest you or whoever dressed you
Ain’t gon stress you, but ima let you know
Girl you be killin em

picture from the BPM Festival in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico on January 8th

WOOOWWWW I haven’t made a post in so LONG, that I can promise right now that I will not wait this long again to write something, ever !

Hope everyone had awesome Holidays, and even though we now are all back to school or work or whatever it is that we do (all?) well I thought new good New fresh hot music would be a good way to pump up the masses !!!

So here we go… Some of my favourites (of the moment) and some brand new from Hype Machine that I find cool and interesting. YAHHHH !

First a cool Remix of “Sleazy” by Ke$ha with none other than… Andre 3000 ?!!! Yes sir !
Ke$ha ft. Andre 3000 – Sleazy (Remix)

Awesome song by Miike Snow called Billie Holiday
Miike Snow – Billie Holiday

Uffie’s BACK ! This time with a collab with Pharell called ADD SUV and her own “MC’s can kiss”. Go UFF ! She’s cute (minus maybe that Saxophone bit…)
Uffie ft. Pharrell – ADD SUV
Uffie – MCs Can Kiss

Now a PARTY TIIIIME song for the weekend I’m sure you all will enjoy from LMFAO: “Party Rock Anthem”
LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & Goon Rock – Party Rock Anthem

OKAAAAY for MY crush song of the week (can’t stop listening to it, so catchy !) <3 3OH!3
30H!3 – Double Vision

HAD to include a cool Deadmau5 song this one is a mashup by Kaskade named Haley vs. Deadmau5 “Falling In Love With Brazil”
Haley vs. Deadmau5 – Falling In Love With Brazil (Kaskade Mashup)

Here’s an equation I like: bit of cool-ass dubstep + Wretch 32 + mispelled words + Remix by Friction = lovely HEAD BANGER WAHHHHHHH !!!!
Wretch 32 – Traktor (Friction Remix)

For this next one, you should not tell anyone I shared because well, it’s the BRAND new and not yet titled track by Wiz Khalifa (remember “Black & Yellow” ? Yehhh, let’s post that one too why not )
Wiz Khalifa – untitled
Black & Yellow
Wiz Khalifa ft. Rick Ross – Black & Yellow

For a change of beat the latest one from Daft Punk fresh from the Tron Legacy soundtrack
Daft Punk – Derezzed (Pink is Punk RETRON Mix)

A cool one to pump up volumes for from Flo Rida: Turn Around (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)Flo Rida – Turn Around (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)

And now on to the College party song of the moment, a new one by Villain My Hero (which by the way was playing at the opening of Pete Wentz’ Angels & Kings in Chicago last night) and produced by Cassette Company. Pretty damn catchy ! I expect this to be played non stop in my sister’s dorm shortly
Villain My Hero – Flip Cup

Oh and last but not least if you haven’t heard it yet the new one from Miss Britney Spears Hold It Against Me… had to include it
I really like the dubstep in it I think she took a risk and it’s really cool !!!
Britney Spears – Hold It Against Me

HAVE A HAPPYYYYY WEEKEND EVERYONEEEEE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3

I LOVE SKIING !!!

I hadn’t skied in THREE YEARS when I decided to go for a trip to Hintertux, Germany for a couple of days to see if I’d lost it or not… The Alpes were AMAZING !!! I stayed at a resort at the bottom of the mountain called (insert joke here) BadHotel haha..!!! Aparently “Bad” means Bath there so the hotel had a Spa and pools and baths in it so I could get warm and relaxed after a big day of skiing !!!

I tried to take pictures whenever possible but my photography skills being mediocre it is hard to really see how beautiful the scenery was and how high we were in altitude !!!

Gondola at 2100 meters

At the very top, 3100 meters

I got a super cute new Phenix ski suit that was all pink white and black and sunglasses to match but on the second day I fell and broke the sunglasses ooooooops !!!

View from my hotel room’s blacony

On the second day there was a Super G competition organized by the Polish association so I decided to give it a try and compete for the first time in almost 10 years !!! It went really well and I finished 2nd… by 0.04 seconds AHHH !!!!

And also tried to take some videos but it’s not as easy as it seems to ski and hold the camera at the same time hahaha !!!!!!

ALLOOOO !!!

YAY for WINTER !!!

Musical-Mondayyy !

Getting ready for a skiing trip to Munich tomorrow, and I just downloaded tons of cool songs for my travels ! Yeahhh, and this week it’s not only house music I am getting down with some varietyyy YAHOOO !!!

First one by Bloc Party, loved this band ever since they had their first remix with Steve Aoki !
“Your visits are getting shorter”
Bloc Party – Your Visits Are Getting Shorter

Next up is a happy track by Empire of the Sun remixed by RAC. To me this song is like a little shot of coffee when you are starting to feel tired mid-afternoon
“Walking on a Dream”
Empire of the Sun – Walking on a dream (RAC mix)

Now I know you all probably have heard a million of remixes with “In for the Kill” by La Roux but this one, THIS ONE my friends includes Kanye West, and I think the beat is pretty cool too… So it’s worth giving it a try
“In for the Kill ft. Kany West”
La Roux ft. Kanye West – In for the Kill (remix)

Cool Remix of a cute little song I found back in July, “Home” by Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes remixed by Myndset
“Ohhh home, let me go homeee, home is wherever I’m with youuuu!”
Edward Sharpe & The magnetic Zeroes – Home (Myndest Remix)

Next song I am completely obsessed with ! The best is so cool and the voice… I think this song was written for me !!! The Black Keys are from Ohio as well what whaaaat ! Give this song a try it’s amazing: Psychotic Girl
“Just a psychotic giiiiirl, and I won’t get lost in your wooooorld…”
Black Keys – Psychotic Girl

The latest track to be leaked from Cee-Lo’s upcoming album “The Lady Killer” that comes out tomorrow, November 9th !!! The song is produced by Jack Splash.
“Fool for you ft. Philip Bailey”
Cee Lo Green – Fool For You ft. Philip Bailey (Produced By Jack Splash)

Now this next one is HUGE ! Just got released, Kanye West featuring Rihanna, Fergie, Alicia Keys, Kid Cudi, and even Elton John !!!
“All of the Lights”
Kanye West ft. Rihanna, Alicia Keys, Kid Cudi, Elton John, Fergie – All of the Lights

This one is super cute, by Aeroplane it’s called “Without Lies”, and it’s where I got my title from
“In the Champagne, I prefer the bubbles.”
Aeroplane – Without Lies

Got to include my usual relationship type of song to empower the girls This one is the latest from Crystal Castles which I looooove, and they picked the best voice to go with their mix, Robert Smith from The Cure !!!
“Not in Love.”
Crystal Castles ft. Robert Smith – Not in Love

Annnnd with Lil’Wayne out of jail since Novermber 4th, I thought I’d include a cool little remix of one of his first hits, “Fireman”… Except this one is called “FIREMOUSE”
Lil’Wayne – Firemouse (ABX remix)

Ooooooh and to finish, this cute/cool little track by the Canadian band Dragonette, one of my faaaavourites at the moment !
“I get all the boys, I get all the boyyys !”
Dragonette – The Boys

One more song: I love this video !!! And this track is super popular in clubs in Milan as well

That’s iiiiit, have a SUPER-DUPER week everyone !!!

I LOVE HALLOWEEEEEEEN !

Sometimes I wish I could turn back time and go trick or treating as a little kid back in Quebec ! However, since that is not really an option at the moment, I just make the best of it and get dressed up and go to parties instead ! I got invited to the annual “Hallowood” event hosted by fashion heavy hitters Miguel Marnau and Giampaolo Sgura and sponsored by Belvedere vodka. The theme of the party was America. There were a few costumes that were extra popular such as the duo Warhol-Sedgwick and the American looking basketball or football player but honestly, people got REALLY into it and came up with some really interesting costumes. I decided to dress as Minnie Mouse because of her obvious Americanism but made it cuter by being all pink. Party Minniiiie ! I also kind of associated my costume with my obsession with @Deadmau5, so I was Miss Mau5 for a day

with fellow Canadian model Theo Hall as Nikki Sixx from Motley Crue (no one knew who that was here in Milan)

noooo don’t let The Twin Towers buuuurn !!!!!

We got hungry during the party so we had some popcorn

The DJ !

Miss California, Miss Florida and Miss Texas ! They were all guys dressed as girls !

Princess and glittery football player

Andy Warhol(s)

Hulk Hogan (he wresled random people all night)

I also got to go to dinner at Giannino Ristorante, one of the BEST restaurants in Milan ! I sat right across from Calum Best, actor and son of pro-footballer George Best and ummm, he was pretty cute no lies.

The dinner was super, everyone was wearing their costumes and the vibe was awesome !

insert “Love” between “my” and “e-mails”

Back in Cincinnati this summer I went to a documentary with my good friend Andrew VanSickle (an artist) about street art. I was a little skeptical at first (or I could say semi-interested) about this documentary called “Exit through the gift shop“. Well, anyone that had seen it can second my opinion on the fact that it is AMAZING!!! The documentary depicts what street art is coming to in terms of being recognized as real art and not just some graffitis on concrete. In the movie they introduced Banksy, an artist that had been hiding his identity, voice, and appearance while becoming one of the (or in my opinion THE) best street artist in the whole world.

Watch this (extended) trailer it rocks

in the documentary they even describe in details the story on his he got a prisonner into Disney Land

Banksy really takes his art to a new level by combining paint with sculpting and even taking already existing flaws in the walls and turning them into actual art. Not only does he manage to do that but also he manages to make it “cool” and appealing to the younger society and make them even interested in art !!! Here are a few examples of his street beauties (click on the picture to see details)

And back in Chicago this summer, I even got to take a picture with my OWN Banksy !

nooooo, don’t let the baby dropppp

That is one step closer to actually meeting him, and actually seeing his face. Well this brings me to the punch of this post: Banksy recently was asked to come up with the opening credits for a Simpsons episode, and needless to say he killed it. Andrew posted it on my facebook wall and I was amazed and appalled at the same time, which is kind of hard to achieve for a Simpsons episode intro. He manages to once again open our minds and spike our curiosity on current topics by challenging what (we think) we already know !!! The music, the darkness, everything…

So tell me now, do you love Banksy as much as I do ?!!
<3 <3 <3

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I was lucky enough to get invited to the Tech Crunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco and given media access to attend 3 days of technology filled goodness. However, (as some of you might have figured out already) I am not exactly your typical media reporter, so instead of getting into technical details about every technology advancement announced, I will focus on what I liked and would use, as your typical 23 year old traveling-blonde-French-Canadian-tennis-player-model-finance-graduate-technology-enthusiast, and what I did not like and would not use, as well as the general feel of the conference and its components, and my experience, complemented by some comments, anecdotes, suggestions, bla bla and all that, yahoooo !

So I arrived at the airport in beautiful San Francisco and let me tell you: I was excited. Before even considering attending, I was not too familiar with the concept of the Tech Crunch Disrupt conference. After reading about it a little, I-got-it (blame blonde hair once again). To put everything in non-technical terms, inventors of programs, website, or cellphone applications present in front of a panel of judges hoping their new technology is “disruptive” enough to win the grand prize of $50,000 to continue developing their product and launch it. They also had interviews with extremely successful tech related experts, entrepreneurs, CEO’s, you name it, conducted by Michael Arrington, founder of The TechCrunch Website and conference. Some of these interviews were called “fireside chats” but unfortunately there was no fireplace or fire extinguisher or fire men nearby, ooops. (I even had my OWN fireside chat, but no one wanted to get interviewed so I just talked to myself the whole time.)

My 3 faaaavourite applications/websites:
Gripe
Gripe is a website that allows you to use your social media network power to get a customer service response quicker. The engine basically takes all your Facebook friends, Twitter followers as well as other applications like Yelp, TripAdvisor, FourSquare, Gowalla and CitySearch and combines them with the reach each individual “friend” also has to come out with a number of people you have the power to reach and influence at that exact moment. My number is 770,750, WOH. That’s a lot of people. So say for example you were to have a very (and I mean very) bad experience at a restaurant. So prior to this hypothetical experience: the restaurant is beautiful, has many good reviews, you have been looking forward to it for days in advance, made a reservation, told all your friends, got all dressed up, maybe even invited a super hot date you want to impress, your Papou even knows about it right, this is building up. Well you get there, and it is AWFUL. The valets are rude, your waiter is incompetent, your table is too small, your food is wayyy too hot, your date’s food is cold, the wine has residue in it, your chair is wobbly, basically the whole experience is a disaster, you get the point. Well you are paying top dollars for this experience and look over at the other end of the restaurant and there is a couple seated at the best table, their food looks amazing, their waiter is friendly and they are overall having a much better experience than you, paying the same thing. What do you do ? 2 options. 1) you go up to the manager with your gripe application, and tell him you have the power to reach 770,750 people right NOW that will all see a bad review about this otherwise well rated restaurant. Now that’s some pull right there. If you are not ballsy enough to do that, (aka me), you take the following option; 2) you start a Gripe. In your Gripe you can describe the problem, and what you would like to be done to remedy to this problem. It can be anything from: I simply want an apology, to: I want a refund GRRR. What I like about this application is that I feel empowered to get better service in case something goes utterly wrong. No, Gripe will not transform all my internet friends into real-life-hangout friends overnight, I might start to work on designing my own app for that, but it sure will give me the power to use all my internet friends to get some pull if needed. A manager’s response even. Booya. But do not get fooled; Gripe is not all negative ! If for example, you happen to be that happy couple at the restaurant mentioned above, then you can start a CHEEEER ! That way, you can show appreciation for super service and experience ! I went to a really cool restaurant called “La Mar Cebicheria” right after seeing the presentation and meeting the creators and was very tempted to start a Gripe after having a so-so experience despite amazing reviews. Perhaps the creators of Gripe can start working on their blackberry app soon, winks, winks. Also work on integrating a Facebook Fan page to that network or friends. Maybe even get a widget to embed in a website, why not ! So there ya have it, Gripe, (it means flu in French) download the app and visit the website and start cheerleading or coughing ! 8.5 out of 10 hearts <3

Pinger Text Free
I was realllllly impressed by the product Pinger presented, “Text Free“. The application for iPods, iPads, and iPhones, lets the user chose a cellphone number by entering a zip code and allows unlimited free texts to any cellphone number, anywhere. Free. Free texting. Personally I find this ground breaking. For people that travel a lot, this means you can use a US phone number and text someone back and forth without physically being in the US. What ? YEAH !!! So when I travel overseas, all I need is a wi-fi connection and I am all set to send texts to anyone. How about pairing with the fast growing implementation of wi-fi on airplanes, you can text while flying too ! The application even uses your existing contact entries and associates the names with the numbers, that way you know exactly who responded. It’s left running in the background so you get notifications when you receive a text. The options are wonderful as well, you can turn off the ads, insert a signature, have different ringtone alerts, themes, displayed contact picture, and on it goes. Think about this: you can send texts from an iPod, which is NOT a phone. My 6 year old cousin has an iPod, she can text, from Quebec, me, in Milan, for free. (assuming she would get the concept and be able to download the application of course.) The founders presented their new and upcoming add-on to the application, the voice technology. Users will soon be able to buy minutes to talk, or earn free minutes through the download of a third party sponsored application, and use the wi-fi to talk, same concept ! Since the new iPads and iPods have voice, this is bound to be an amazing revolution. During their presentation I decided to download the app and try it out on my poor brother Alex to whom I pretended to be a hot new import to Florida with an athletic body and a biology degree named Leila. Okay, maybe my example is borderline 5th grade immature but it did work very well in real-time. Now I just have to scout various social media networks to find a Leila with the criteria mentioned above to make up for my silliness…
The only thing I can slightly complain about is that the application, as many others have this problem, only comes for iPods and iPhones therefore the beautiful graphics on the iPad are not as clear in the 2X view and the interface does not work as well as it should on the iPad. Application builders should consider that a growing number of people are purchasing the iPad and it is a plus to have these users (allooo) on their side.
But really, try this app, it’s awesome ! (They got the Second prize from the panel)
9.1234 out of 10 hearts <3

Qwiki
This was one of my faaavourite presentations. Have to give 9.7111 hearts to both co-founders for their dynamic duo demonstration. Maybe I am a little biased by the French gentleman oooops. :p They explained their website as followed: “information is an experience that you want to watch.” So imagine this: you go on the website and enter a key word. Say you enter for example, ummm, a city. Say for the sake of this argument we pick San Francisco. Basically the search engine takes your city and in a second is able to pull all the best information from databases and give a short video made of photos on the topic, accompanied with a cute/soothing/sexy woman’s voice that explains it all. So for the San Francisco @Qwiki, the woman says attractions, current temperature, and location, with photos of all kinds flashing in a beautifully crafted slideshow. This is seriously one step closer to artificial intelligence. The iPhone app they are creating let’s you wake up to that same woman’s voice talking about whatever you want to wake up to. The presenter had his little woman say his name, the temperature, how many new emails he had, an important meeting reminder and ended with “you have a new friend request from Natalie Portman” all with the pictures that followed the thoughts. Honestly I love this. I could see myself using it, say if I traveled through the Amsterdam airport for example, and wanted to know some quick interesting facts about it while I was walking through it, I would LOVE a Qwiki !!! It’s knowledge on the tip of your finger (literally) and I applaud that. Knowledge ROCKS ! I have not tried the website myself but I can already tell I will like it. The app too. Perhaps they can even allow a song to play before the Qwiki for those of us who tend to be in deep slumber (allo) so that way you don’t miss the whole Qwiki with Natalie Portman and all. can’t wait can’t wait cant waiiiit ! Oh and by the way: they WON for the most Disruptive Technology of the week, the grand prize of $50,000 so you can expect to be able to use their site soon ! www.qwiki.com

One of the co-founders from Qwiki, unfortunately the French one was missing

So those are my three favourites. Here are some quick other ones I saw presented that are still preeetty cool:

SongCupid.com lets you send a personal message to someone’s smart phone with a song in it (I just sent PYT by MJ to my brother )

GroupMe application lets you send texts to a chosen group of friends or contacts (example if you are at a concert or are planning a trip) and even start conference call ! They have a cool app for iPhones as well: www.GroupMe.com

CloudFlare is a new plug in (to an already existing website) that allows you to have a faster connection to your website and be protected from unwanted spam, for anyone with a website out there try it out and you can also see you analytics !!! www.cloudflare.com

Tweetmeme was presented, I have it on my website !!! It is so cool because it allows your people visiting your page to retweet about the story you wrote if they find it interesting (hint, hint, hiiiiint ) www.TweetMeme.com

Right before Tech Crunch Disrupt started, they hosted a Hackathon that lasted all weekend for 450 developpers to hack. Out of 86 presentations, the winner of the whole thing was a girl named J’aime Ohm that is only 22 years old and just graduated with a degree in computer software engineering… WOHHH, smart ! She created an application named WiseDame (dame means lady in French) that allows girls to basically record your last location and moves in case of an emergency, and send alerts to your loved ones so they don’t worry if you are late or your phone battery dies. Created with women’s safety in mind, @WiseDame ‘s concept is awesome ! Go J’aime, J’adore !!!
www.wisedameapp.com

@MarissaMayer , VP of Search Products and User experience of Google, was interviewed by @Arrington on the last day to unveil a new product named Google instant. To be honest, there is nothing too exciting about this product. It’s basically that when you type in the Google search box, the box generates the most viewed topics and completes your search for you, making it a few seconds faster. Ouuuuu. The interesting part of the interview though was that Arrington would not stop asking about the rumors on Google purchasing Twitter, and the rumors about Google Music store being in the works. To be honest I bet everyone thought the product announcement was going to be Google Music, so that was quite the let down. Sooo entertaining to watch Arrington grill Miss Myer though. He must have asked her about 30 times how much she would pay for Facebook or Twitter and kept throwing numbers around and making affirmation statements like “So 2.5 Billion right” talking about Twitter..! Watch it here. And the responses that she could right away reply while killing him with kindness, she is inextricably intelligent and poised this woman ! What an inspiration for girls and women around the world that it is a reality to be a VP of one of the biggest companies in the world ! Google her, you will not be disappointed. (haha, get it, Google, ha ! Ok, ok sorry, not that funny.)

So here’s the “not so much” part about the Startups. www.GameCrush.com presented a website that allows users to pay to get introduced to girls and play online video games in real time with voice and webcam chat for 60 cents/minute. What ? Honestly the creators tried to boast the face that profiles were very detailed and gave an accurate description of the user. They described how meeting a girl at a bar and buying her a drink was an investment that was similar to the one made on the website to meet someone interested in computers, video games, etc. I am not sure I fully grasp this ridiculous concept… Any guys out there would pay $0.60 for one minute of gaming with me ? hmmm. Marissa Mayer was in the panel and once again proved her greatness by finding relevant questions to ask the creators… something no one else was able to do !!!

During the convention I was introduced to www.TweetBeat.com which allows people to follow trending topics in real-time. This website is suuuuper cool ! The whole time they had #TCDisrupt tweet Beat on the TV’s and so it was fun to see other attendee’s opinions and uploaded pictures, articles, thoughts, etc… Except I tweeted during a presentation about how the presenter wasn’t interesting as I was about to leave and at that same moment he pulled up the TweetBeat feed and there was my tweet on top of it AHHH ! You could see the technical assistant behind the computer didn’t know what to do, she just kept going back and forth between pages so people wouldn’t be able to fully read… Can’t make this stuff up. :-O

Ummmm, so Groupon, a website that allows users to get a one-day deal on various gift cards for 50% of its original value in their city, pushed the marketing boat one step further while presenting Grouspawn at TechCrunch. They came out with a concept that if a Groupon gift certificate is used while going on a date and the couple conceives a baby that night, they get tuition scholarships for X years for up to two children. Woh. I don’t know but this seems a liiiittle weird. I mean, who really wants to be known as a Groupon baby for their WHOLE LIFE really ? I think it’s a good PR coup from Groupon, but ummm, I don’t think it is really giving me the incentive to conceive a baby right now. Sorry !!!

They also had Chamillionaire interviewed by Arrington on the Second day. Honestly when I first saw this, I was a little surprised (like the majority of all attendants) to see a rapper at a Technology convention. @Chamillionaire started the interview, and boy was he not happy. He argued that instead of focusing on the “why” he was there being interviewed, as I am guilty of, we should have been focusing on why other artists were NOT there. He made good points on how he was using social media networks to boost the promotion of a performer and get free publicity. He said that his executives were skeptical that he had over 600,000 Twitter followers, and thought he had cheated, but explained that he had so many because at a concert he would have Twitter interactions with fans and would do stuff like take a picture and Tweet it right away to get a bunch of followers right then and there. Genius ! Personally I have seen how social media networks can greatly help businesses and promotion when they interact well with their customers. The best example is Billy Dec out of Chicago ! @BillyDec is always on his Twitter responding to fans and his businesses @RockitChicago , @UndergroundChi and @SundaChicago are all on point with reposting, responding, and interacting with customers. Businesses and artists need not to diminish the power of social networks if they want to thrive because this is the future people, so get on the boat yahooo !!!

I got to meet him and jokingly called him “Shamillionaire” as the Qwiki system had earlier mispronounced his artist name and he unfortunately did not get the sarcasm and replied that was not the way to say it… But then explained that I was only mocking the computer voice and had been a fan ever since he was affiliated with Paul Wall !!! Cool guy, awesome of him to talk at the conference !!!

A girl took a picture of me and put it on a fashion blog called Geeky Fashion Week because she liked my outfit, although she claimed I did not look geeky. (yeah right) You can check it out here … But let me tell you I was a little tired as you can’t tell at all… I might as well have taken the picture with my eyes closed !!!

The whole week they had after parties for the attendants of the conference. On Tuesday, the party was hosted by Google Ventures and featured a performance by * hold your breath * MC HAMMER !!! Mc Hammer was on fire and even taught his own dancers what a real dance performance was. Everyone went crazyyy ! Man, you still can’t touch Mister Hammer.

Overall the conference was SUPER. If I had one suggestion it would be to have more people NOT from the techworld do interviews (like Chamillionaire) and maybe add a few performances here and there. Two RedBull break dancers did a short performance on stage the last day but there should have been more to spike young innovators and attendants’ interest. For example, seeing how @Deadmau5 constantly uses technology to come out with all of this material, there should have been some kind of DJ interaction in there, since these guys’ technology is so omnipresent !

Tech Crunch Disrupt was disruptive for crunchy technology for sure.

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