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So you’re home (or you got to stay for SXSW music in which case I hate you. you’re not really reading blogs anyhow) from SXSWi, missing your friends and recovering from 5 days of (pick all that apply) hangovers, sleep deprivation, inbox neglect, slipped deadlines. What’s a geek to do? Don’t drown yourself in the Twitterstream. Try these creative (hastily scribbled, I’m busy working on my own #1, below) cures…

10. Grab a 6-pack, jump into your neighbor’s RV, sing loudly and off-key and add #RVIP to your next tweet

9. Put a chainlink fence in front of the office bathrooms and tell co-workers “sorry, VIP only.”

8. Find a rooftop bar, serve Caipirinhas, invite friends and call it #GeeksLove[activity name here]

7. BBQ and Shiner Bock. ‘Nuff said

6. Blog the 5 most valuable things you got out of SXSWi and dig deeper with links to more information, then compare with what your friends learned, and keep the energy going

5. Continue trying to figure out where the people you’d hoped to meet are hanging out by stalking following their Tweets and FourSquare streams.

4. Watch online videos of TED Talks, past SXSWi and best-of videos from SXSWi presenters like Kathy Sierra, Merlin Mann, Gary Vaynerchuk, Tony Hsieh…

3. …and “live-tweet” them

2. Move to SF

But what’s the single BEST way to cure your SXSWi homesickness?

1. Rock out your new project so you can bring the Thunder at SXSWi 2010!!

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