As SXSW 2007 was winding down, Frank and I were discussing the possibility of presentating at next years conference. We even talked to a number of panelists to get some insight into the process (special thank you to Jonathon Snook for the extended chat at the Iron Cactus!). Once we got back home, we gave…
Dan Saffer (who gave a great presentation at SXSW about Learning Interaction Design from Las Vegas) posted a few links to some great videos from the TED conference. I especially liked this video of Malcolm Gladwell speaking about things we can learn from spaghetti sauce or as Dan put it, “why you shouldn’t design for…
Finally tracked down a photo taken of us all at SXSW which turned out pretty good: via Flickr
Now that SXSW is over and I’m back home, I’ve had a chance to ‘digest’ the conference and thought I’d post some of my thoughts. This was my second SXSW and I learned a few things from last year: book your hotel early: last year I was a 1/2 hour cab ride away. This year,…
SXSW 2007 is over and I’m back home now…I already miss the Texas BBQ. This year exceeded my expectations and was bigger and better than last year. Hopefully I’ll get a chance to make it a hat trick next year. There were apparently something in the neighbourhood of 6000 geeks in attendance. I wonder how…
Finally all settled in Austin for SXSW which starts later today. Very happy with the hotel I’m staying at this time which is basically in the shadow of the conference centre (which I can see from my room). Last year, due to booking the trip late, we ended up at a hotel out on the…
After attending Kris Krug’s Digital Photography session yesterday at Northern Voice 2007, I’ve been re-inspired to take/post more photos. Since moving to the new server, I’ve setup Coppermine to host my pix here and after Northern Voice, I’ve also decided to post more pix on Flickr. I’m planning on taking a ton of photos when…