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# How To Pretend You’re At SXSW 2015 – 7 Tricks & Tips
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/how-to-pretend-youre-at-sxsw-2015-rework-2014-post/
- Published: 2015-03-18T11:59:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-03-18T11:59:00.000Z
- Description: SXSW 2015 is underway, but perhaps you blew your budget buying Jack White vinyl releases. Or it could be that the chaise lounge by the hotel pool is so damn comfortable. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/03/how-to-pretend-youre-at-sxsw-2015-rework-2014-post.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Conventions & Awards, DIY Advice & Tips, Music Business, Music Tech, Austin, Facebook, Find People, Foursquare, Mashable, New People, south by southwest, Streaming media, SXSW Interactive, Texas, Twitter, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:28

[![image from yzclient.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2017d41db5488970c-150wi "image from yzclient.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2017d41db5488970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)**SXSW 2015** is underway, but perhaps you **blew your budget** buying **Jack White** vinyl releases. Or it could be that the chaise lounge by the hotel pool is so damn comfortable that you **can't bear the thought of waiting in line** to see Buzz Band 2015.

Whatever the reason, if you can't afford to be in Austin, but don't want your hip rating to sink to the Osmond Family level, we offer strategies to pretend that you jetted into Austin and didn't miss a thing. 

1. **[![pool](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb08098eae970d-200wi "pool")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb08098eae970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Turn off your location or geotagging** on Twitter, Foursquare and all your apps, so no one knows where you really are.
2. Follow and **contribute to the tweets at** **[#SXSW](http://twitter.com/?ref=hypebot.com#search?q=%23SXSW)**
3. **No one can track** you are when you **call from your cell** to share how good thebbq is at [Stubbs](http://www.stubbsaustin.com/?ref=hypebot.com).
4. **The safest answer to "Dude, where are you?"** 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 songs as you can stand on the [**unofficial SXSW 2015 torrrent**](http://www.sxswtorrent.com/?ref=hypebot.com) and pick out a few to talk about that really sucked.
6. Watch band performances and select keynotes on the new [**SXSW ON**](http://sxsw.com/sxsw-streaming-schedule-2015?ref=hypebot.com) **live video channel** online and on your couch via Roku.
7. **After SXSW:** Print out the **[official schedules](http://sxsw.com/schedule?ref=hypebot.com) 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.

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