My favorite thing about SXSW has always been the people that I meet there. I decided to travel light this year and for the first time in seven years, left my DSLR at home and relied on my iPhone and my Lytro to capture my adventures. Although I did bring my GoPro to use at…
One of the things I love about SXSW is all the people you get to meet. With attendance at over 30,000 this year, there was no shortage of great people to talk to. This year was no different. I make a point of not worrying about a schedule because serendipity always comes into play. For…
Most people ask me, upon returning, what was the one ‘big’ thing you saw this year. The last few years have been full of big applications that blew up due to the influx of savvy tech folks in Austin to get exposed to them. This year felt different though…definitely there was no shortage of street teams shoving t-shirts and branded swag in my face for various online services but the obvious vibe I noticed was that it was the “Year of Hardware”.
This was my 8th year attending the annual South by Southwest Interactive (aka SXSW or SXSWi) festival and I have to say, it may be my last. It’s not because I didn’t enjoy myself, meet tons of great people and learn new things – all of which I did as I do every year. It…