SXSWi *rawked.*

Posted March 12th, 2008 at 12:00pm

Can I just post today like I never took a break from this site? Or would that be weird? :p

I spent the last few days at SXSWi and it was a BLAST. I get to go to a few web/marketing/geeky conferences a year (thanks Hubby!), but I haven’t yet been to the one big one right in my backyard in the three years that we have lived here. It was almost *too* easy to get up each day and drive down there. I have been working for a company here in Austin for a about a year and my boss got me a badge. I faithfully went each day, all day.

I had such a great time. The vibe was really, really different from, say, Affiliate Summit - which is also filled with geeky people. Not necessarily better, just different. The crowd seemed more web geeky, more mature. Unfortunately, Austin skies unleashed rain like we haven’t seen in some time for most of it, but I heard so many good things from attendees about my purdy city. I met a ton of people and even got a see a friend from more than 10 years ago. (Hey Ryan and Jenny!)

I took notes at most of the panels that I attended and I will post them over the next week or so to share the love. I wish I could have spent a month there. I could seriously sit around and think and ponder new media and culture and trends and how we are changing the way we live because of all of it. Seeing so many people embracing everything that is shiny and new in marketing (*new* marketing) is really inspiring. Never seen so many iPhones in my freakin life.

Of course, I am left swirling with ideas, but that’s the fun part. I just love smart people and there were so many there… Ah, to keep the high going…

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