I wasn’t there personally, but I hear that Robert Rodriguez casually dropped that he shared the Machete webfilm with J.J. Abrams and “Quentin”…which…the fanboy in me is pretty much blown away by how great that is.

The panel, with the filmmaker noted above, Danny Trejo, Mek’s Ian Kovalik and PepsiCo Brand manager Jamal Henderson went swimmingly. Thanks so much to all who attended, we really appreciated it. Below are some great shots from the event.

Austin, Texas. The home of great BBQ, ridiculously attractive co-eds, that season of The Real World that made people think, “hey, Austin looks like I want to go to there”, and of course, South By Southwest.

(I know, I know. SXSW for all the popular kids)

I know it feels aggressively early to get the voting going, but Jason here is trying to get his panel approved this year. The more people who hit the thumbs up button, the better the chances of that happening are. We like you anyway, but this would probably make us blow off other friends for you.

So click this link below and vote. Now. Do it. Don’t ask questions. Just show blind loyalty. Tell your friends who don’t even know us to do the same. Just pretend it’s high school and all the cool kids are doing it.

Engineer Virality? Art and Science to ‘Going Viral’

To guilt you, we will now show you an adorable picture of his child. DO YOU WANT THIS CHILD TO CRY WHEN HIS DAD ISN’T SELECTED??

In the past month, Mekanism staff have been to SXSWi, Web 2.0 Expo, MI6, and at the end of this month will be participating in the fun at ad:tech San Francisco.

It’s been said that some of these events, SXSWi in particular, are played out because they’ve grown so large that they’ve turned into the equivalent of Geek Spring Break.

While it’s true that we met a number of SXSWi attendees who had taken time off from work and paid their own way to the conference, if anything this type of dedication demonstrates the type of enthusiasm that’s so prevalent and infectious throughout the near week-long conference. These events bring together the brightest and most engaged minds in the industry and we’re here to participate; to listen, learn, and talk. We’d love to connect the next time we’re out.

We’d love to grab a drink with you next week if you’re in San Francisco for ad:tech, April 21-23.

Tuesday, 4/21, is booked with non-stop events; starting out at the Moscone Center West where the first couple of events of the evening are being hosted. There’s an Affiliate Marketing Networking Party, 5:30-7:30 p.m, and then the ad:tech/SF BIG soiree, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Later in the evening it’s onto the Advertising 2.0 Party, hosted by AD-Village, Microsoft BizSpark, and Skittles, starting at 8:30 p.m. at the W Hotel (181 3rd Street).

And on Wednesday, 4/22, we’ll be at The Official Wednesday night (ad:tech) SF 2009 Event, hosted by Redbull Cola and Notable.TV, and held at Aventine (582 Washington Street).

Let us know where you’ll be by following us on Twitter and we’ll come find you. It’s what all the cool kids are doing (and we like you cool kids). We’ll buy the first round.