March 3rd, 2006
My SXSW
I’m getting pretty excited about SXSW now (and a tad nervous about the panel I’ll be sat on). I’ve already started making those essential lists before going travelling anywhere, you know, all the essentials needed for 10 days away from home: Pants, Coat (although not sure I’ll need this, have you seen the temperature in Austin!), Socks, Laptop, Cash etc. etc.
In addition to these lists I’ve also made a list of what I’m planning on attending during the day. If you happen to be in the same panel, come and say hello—if I’m not too jetlagged, I may even say hello back! Anyway, here’s my list…
Saturday
- 10.00am: Traditional Design and New Technology (funnily enough!)
- 11.30am: How to Be A Web Design Superhero
- 2.00pm: Jim Coudal / Jason Fried Opening Remarks
- 3:30pm: How to Bluff Your Way in DOM Scripting
- 5:00pm: Starting Small: Web Businesses for the Rest of Us
- 8:00pm: Frog Design Opening Party
- 10:30pm: South by Northwest
Sunday
- 10:00am: Design and Social Responsibilty
- 3.30pm: Running Your New Media Business
- 5:00pm: Holistic Web Design: Finding the Creative Balance in Multi-Disciplined Teams
- Evening: SXSW Web Awards
Monday
- 10:00am: CSS Problem Solving
- 11:30am: Building Buzz for Your Web Project
- 3:30pm: Peter Morville Presentation: Ambient Findability
- 5:00pm: Design Eye for the List Guy
- 8:00pm: Avalonstar Bowling Tournament
Tuesday
- 11:30am: Designing the Next Generation of Web Apps
- 3:30pm: Dogma Free Design
- 5:00pm: Bruce Sterling Presentation: The State of the World
- 8:00pm: (mt) SXSW Closing party
I’d recommend you bring a spring windbreaker type of coat, last year there could still be a bit of chill in the evenings. Couple that with a sweater just in case it cools off unexpectedtly and you should be fine.
After the rain and 30–40 degree weather we had a fortnight ago, last week’s high summer 70s was a welcome change. Though I’m beginning to realize it’s gonna be hard to properly set my thermostat as long as I live here.
Yeah, you should definitely be prepared — it isn’t unheard of for us to get a freezing snap in March, though the forecast appears to be in the mid to upper 80s (Fahrenheit) through the weekend.