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# Do *you* know the secret?
- URL: https://www.chrismessina.me/blog/do-you-know-the-secret/
- Published: 2006-02-23T02:40:08.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-25T03:43:50.000Z
- Author: Chris Messina
- Tags: Personal

[](http://20x2.org/?ref=chrismessina.me)So somehow I've gotten myself roped into speaking/presenting/bumbling at this [event](http://upcoming.org/event/53346/?ref=chrismessina.me) at [SXSW](http://2006.sxsw.com/?ref=chrismessina.me) called [20x2](http://20x2.org/?ref=chrismessina.me). Essentially I've got 2 minutes of song and dance to convey a concept. This year it's "What's the secret?". Talk about [constraints](http://www.37signals.com/svn/archives2/constraints%5Fbreed%5Fbreakthrough%5Fcreativity.php?ref=chrismessina.me). Talk about freak-out-drop-down nervousosity! Yowza! So tell ya what. I've got thinker's block. Yeh, it's that bad. Help me out here. *Throw me a friggin' bone for crissakes.* What the hell should I do for 120 seconds? Eh, *eh*? Best idea gets a free shirt or something... maybe a [Bar Camp Austin](http://upcoming.org/event/56330/?ref=chrismessina.me) poster! ;) Oh hell, I'll probably make up something interesting or self-effacing or dastardly and pro-communist but I'd *lurve* some inspiration in the meantime!