[March 07] SXSW Interactive
Okay it’s a Tarantino strucutre, the end first, the second conference second. I think… Anyway, after the pre-credits sequenece that will be BarCamp Scotland, I’ll be landing in Austin, Texas to cover South by Southwest, starting with SXSW Interactive. I attended this for the first time last year after hearing mutterings of people “doing the double.” At that point Etech finished on the Thursday, and SXSW started the Saturday, so you could travel the Friday.
This year it’s the other way round. SXSW is the same rough dates, but Etech has shifted right to the end of March (and thus clashes CTIA in Florida…), so Austin is going to be my starting point. The good news is tehre is a Denny’s, so that’s breakfast on Friday 9th sorted.
Anyway, Interactive. The schedule is looking quite good- one of the things I found last year was that the panel discussions take a very broad sweep of each subjkect, but completely fails to get into any decent level of detail on any subject, mainly because once eachpanellist is introduced, gets their five mintues, two questions form the chair, and you’re at 45-50 minutes, with only 5 minutes for questions. That’s where I know the Tech Conference Show can come in, by getting to the panellists and explanding on the discussions, drilling down on a topic or two, and getting some meat on the bones.
Which is why I think the podcast will be great for peopel who are at Austin as well as everyone else listening around the world. Of course SXSW is more than just the Interactive Show, but that’s for the next post.