Eric Sheline

I had a great time at SXSW interactive this year! It was my first time attending, and I definitely will try to make it back next year. My favorite thing about it was the nature of the festival: it was a huge group of like-minded people, all interacting, collaborating and sharing ideas.

Here were a few of my favorite panels:

-> How to Rawk SXSW: The Basics (Friday)

-> Comedy on Television and the Web (Saturday)

During the comedy panel, Avner Ronen was discussing hypothetical media consumption while traveling on a bus, and used the then-nonexistant “snackonsomeclips.com” to make his point. I had my laptop out and WHOIS’ed the site, finding it was available for purchase. Five minutes later, I was curious and checked again, and it had already been bought up by someone else in the audience!

-> Journey to the Center of Design (Sunday)

-> Ultimate Showdown of Content Management System Destiny (Monday)

-> Brave NUI World: The Fearless Future of Device Interaction (Tuesday)

As for the parties, I liked PBS Interactive’s party on Sunday and the MT-sponsored closing party Tuesday.

Hope to see everyone next year!

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