I’m at South by Southwest Interactive for the next five days, so I expect by brain to be buzzing non-stop (except when it’s quieted by free, web 2.0 sponsored beer).

I’m going to try to blog in bite sized chunks during the conference, as there will be no shortage of interesting material but a significant shortage of time. So this is a warm up, be warned - there’s no story arc here, this post is all exposition.

I love buildings (at least the potential of buildings, if not the common execution). From my recent Amazon purchases you might even say I’m a wannabe architect (Pattern Language, Architecture of Happiness and Design Like You Give a Damn).

I enjoy the the idea of small but superbly designed houses, discussed here. Maybe I’ll build one myself one day, I do have some relevant skills as I did a 2-month apprenticeship in timber framing a few years ago (big timbers, lots of powertools and no metal fasteners, very cool building technique).

One day maybe I’ll build that timber frame cabin I have the plans for. Until then, I’m looking for ways to work my architectural interests into my web development life.