The (Last-Minute) Unofficial Geek Guide to SxSW-Interactive 2006

8 Mar 2006 — 1 min read

Link: Robert Nagle’s guide to fitting in at a geek conference – Go read this guide RIGHT NOW. This is a hell of a lot more entertaining and useful than mine (#12 – touche’)Friday; March 10, 2006 – 4:45 PM
Link: Searchable SXSW Interactive 2006 schedule– Prentiss created an incredibly useful speaker/panel directory. Useful because it IS simple and searchable. No AJAX used or abused in the thing. Friday; March 10, 2006 – 2:17 PM

Last year, I wrote The Unofficial Geek Guide to Getting Over Yourself at SxSW Interactive 2005.

This is the new version for 2006. It’s mostly the same. I’m kinda the same. My relentless friendliness is the same. And yes, I’ll have the damn, orange stickers again.

And this year I intend to pull out my PowerBook.

Bookmark this page, I intend to update it frequently over the next 7 days through sxswi.

Regardless, I’m looking forward to meeting you.

The Unofficial Geek Guide to SxSW-I 2006

So what is this guide all about?

Soon, you will be at SxSWi in Austin, Texas; I call Austin home and I welcome you with wide open arms. I hope you hug me back. (…)

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