Since we’ve gotten about two feet of snow in the last week, I’m soooo glad to be going to Austin on Thursday. Six days and seven nights of daytime highs in the 60s to low 70s and evening lows in the 50s. Perfect! Warmer than here, but not too hot.
As a northerner, I will probably sport some shorts at least part of the time, while the local Texans look at me curiously and wonder what’s wrong with me. Which is fine, because I’ll be looking at them the same way, with their hats and boots and driving their doolies. Actually, I probably won’t see many Texans at all. I’ll be surrounded by imported nerds the whole time.
Searching through the list of SXSW Interactive attendees from MN, I appear to be the only person going that’s not affiliated with a company or publication. Which sort of makes sense considering how spendy it is. I think most folks, if they’re going to plop down the money, would probably rather go to the music festival. Point being, I think my experience of this conference is going to be a lot different.
But it’ll be warm. That’s all I care about right now.
