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# 7 Ways To Pretend You’re At #SXSW 2011
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/7-ways-to-pretend-youre-at-sxsw-2011/
- Published: 2011-03-16T11:10:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-03-16T11:10:00.000Z
- Description: SXSW Music 2011 began last night. But perhaps your boss cut back on travel or you blew your budget on a trip to Midem. Either way, you can't afford to. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/03/7-ways-to-pretend-youre-at-sxsw-2011.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Conventions & Awards, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:59

[![image from grantnorwood.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2014e5fe4b394970c-115wi "image from grantnorwood.com")](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3a/95/3a957c06-c825-4057-9939-0a274cc16d23/content/images/grantnorwood-com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/sxsw-2011.jpg?ref=hypebot.com) SXSW Music 2011 began last night. But perhaps your boss cut back on travel or you blew your budget on a trip to Midem. Either way, you can't afford to head to SXSW this year, but still don't want your hip rating to sink to the Osmond Family level. There's still hope. Use these strategies to pretend that you jetted into Austin for a few hours. 

1. Follow and **contribute to the tweets at [#SXSW](http://twitter.com/?ref=hypebot.com#search?q=%23SXSW)**
2. But be sure to **turn off your location or geotagging** on Twitter, Foursquare, Flickr and all your apps so no one knows where you really are.
3. **No one can track** you are when you **call from your cell** to share how good the **bbq at [Stubbs](http://www.stubbsaustin.com/?ref=hypebot.com)** was last night.
4. The **safest answer** to **"Dude, where were you last night?"** is always "Man, that line was too long. I'll try to catch up with you later."
5. Force yourself to **listen** to as many of the 1000 songs as you can stand on the **[unofficial SXSW 2011 torrrent ](http://sites.google.com/site/sxswtorrent/?ref=hypebot.com)**and pick out a few to talk about that really suck.
6. **Slacker, Songza** and 6.3 million other music streaming sites have special **SXSW channels**.
7. **AFTER SXSW:** Print out the **official schedules and maps**. Crumple them up, sit and spill a little beer on them. Then leave them around your office during the week after the conference.