If you’re looking for more reasons to make sure your internet speed is as fast as it possibly can be, then you want to see what went on at The South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference. As one of many articles about SXSW on the L.A.Times Tech blog explains, “The South by Southwest Interactive conference draws thousands of geeks every year who converge on Austin, Texas, to discuss technology, the Internet and the next big thing.”
But SXSW.com tells us it’s for more than just techies, by offering “the unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies. Fostering creative and professional growth alike, SXSW® is the premier destination for discovery.”
It began 24 years ago as a music festival and has expanded to embrace the future. They describe SXSW Interactive this way: “An incubator of cutting-edge technologies, the SXSW® Interactive Festival brings together the world’s most creative web developers, designers, bloggers, wireless innovators, content producers, programmers, widget inventors and new media entrepreneurs. Five days of captivating keynote presentations and provocative panel sessions provide hands-on training as well as big-picture analysis of the future of this industry.”
There was also a Trade Show & Exhibition, hands-on gaming fun at the ScreenBurn Arcade, and their 13th Annual Web Awards. The ceremony took place on Sunday, March 14th. See the winners at their website. The Interactive sessions ended yesterday, but film is on ‘til the 20th and the music goes on until Sunday, March 21st.
If you want to feel better about not being in attendance this year, read this article on TechCrunch that urges you NOT to go! But if you want to just learn what happened, check out the L.A.Times Tech blog or SXSW’s Interactive News.
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