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Sarah Lacy returns to Austin
Last night, journalist Sarah Lacy made a return to Austin, six months after her infamous South by Southwest interview with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Lacy, who is tall, chatty and overwhelmingly positive, signed copies of her book, “Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0.”
The signing was part of an Austin Tech Happy Hour at The Marq on 5th and Congress Ave. It was well attended with startup geeks, PR professionals, coworking enthusiasts and all manner of networkers.
I wondered if Lacy would remember me from the YouTube video that helped fuel her notoriety and instead of clobbering me on the head, Lacy greeted me warmly and we reminisced about the fallout from the festival. It didn’t hurt that I purchased a copy of her book, which she graciously signed, “to Omar — I’m getting incriminating video of YOU tonight! Best, Sarah.”
After the signing, we talked about the changing journalism scene, Lacy’s upcoming projects. Already exhausted from her multi-city book tour and her frequent tech conference travels, she plans to take some time off next year and start work on her second book, which she’s already got an idea for. True to her word, Lacy shot a video of me with her Flip videocamera (who knows where it’ll end up?) and allowed me to shoot a follow-up video you can see below, past the photo.
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By Ben Finklea
September 13, 2008 3:28 AM | Link to this
Great video. I agree that I don't understand what the big deal was with the Zuckerberg interview. Anyway. Loved the "2 hurricanes" comment! Great stuff, Omar.
You bought the book, how is it? Worth a read?