Comments on: Going to SXSW Interactive? http://www.onlinefandom.com/archives/going-to-sxsw-interactive/ news & perspectives on fan communication and online social life Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:03:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jason T http://www.onlinefandom.com/archives/going-to-sxsw-interactive/comment-page-1/#comment-1627 Jason T Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:23:54 +0000 http://www.onlinefandom.com/?p=737#comment-1627 As you might have already heard, sometimes what happens after the panels at SXSW is more interesting than what happens at the panels. When I went a few years back, I caught a couple interesting panels on gaming and an interesting panel on web typography; most of the rest of the panels I attended were generally quite dry and uninspired. There are, however, some great conversations and spaces for collaboration to be had with other attendees at the many free parties you can wander your way into in the evening. If you (like me) are not the sort of person who just happens to stumble into parties normally, I recommend getting a few trustworthy people's Twitter screen names and allowing their updates to be sent to your phone. (It worked very well for the people I went with; I regret being too cheap to spring for the extra incoming texts.) As you might have already heard, sometimes what happens after the panels at SXSW is more interesting than what happens at the panels. When I went a few years back, I caught a couple interesting panels on gaming and an interesting panel on web typography; most of the rest of the panels I attended were generally quite dry and uninspired. There are, however, some great conversations and spaces for collaboration to be had with other attendees at the many free parties you can wander your way into in the evening. If you (like me) are not the sort of person who just happens to stumble into parties normally, I recommend getting a few trustworthy people’s Twitter screen names and allowing their updates to be sent to your phone. (It worked very well for the people I went with; I regret being too cheap to spring for the extra incoming texts.)

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