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Safely arrived at Austin after the journey from hell (thank you, weather patterns, for disrupting flights out of Dallas Fort Worth), so just a quick reminder that I’m now on two panels:

• Cross-Media Cross-Pollination: Mashing Up Video Games and ARGs with Tony Walsh of Phantom Compass and Dee Cooke at 3:30pm on Saturday 8th March at room 8; and
• Stories, Games and Your Brand with Rachel Clarke, Jeremy Ettinghausen, Roo Reynolds and Dan Heaf, at 2:00pm on Sunday 9th March at room 8.

I’m also on Twitter as danhon, but you’ll have to add me to find out what I’m up to.

I’m speaking at SXSW Interactive this year on a panel co-organised by myself and Rachel Clarke - Stories, Games and Your Brand. The esteemed Roo Reynolds and Jeremy Ettinghausen (who’s leading the Penguin Books side of a project we’re doing) will be joining us, and we’ll be covering such diverse topics as:

• advertising and gaming
• soap operas
• virtual worlds
• storytelling and engaging experiences
• brands engaging in entertainment
• gaming versus advergaming

and a whole host more.

As Rachel points out, we’re a very English panel (it’s like an invasion), so here are some suggestions for why you might want to come along:

• no one can resist that English accent, never mind four of them
• we’re scheduled against Mark Zuckerberg from Facebook
• all the cool kids have moved on from Facebook already
• we’re making an amusing bet about how many times we can not mention Facebook seeing as we’re scheduled against Facebook. Facebook.

It’ll be fun - come see us - Sunday March 9, 2pm, Room 8.