2006 was my first year at the South by Southwest Interactive festival in Austin, TX (that’s the nerdy one, not the cooler one) . The encouragement of Neil got me there, and I’m glad it did. I had a great time.
As a first-timer I pretty much just quietly took everything in. This year I’m going to make more of an effort to make some connections, as the attendees are pretty much a who’s who of people doing good stuff on the web.
The added bonus of traveling from a cold Toronto late-winter to a warm Texas spring was pretty nice too.