How to Rawk SXSW: The Basics

SXSW Interactive 2009 is fast approaching. It takes place March 13-17, overlapping with SXSW Film (March 13-21) and followed by SXSW Music (March 18-22). This will be the fifth consecutive year I’ve attended the conference. Here are my write-ups and photos from 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Here are a some SXSW Interactive 2009 resources and information:

- SXSW Interactive 2009 – the official website

- SXSW Tools – web resources for SXSW attendees

- my.SXSW – the official social networking and scheduling tool

- SCHED: SXSW 2009 – a great way to schedule your SXSW experience

- SXSW Insider’s Guide – tips and advice from fellow SXSW attendees

- SXSW Baby! – the unofficial SXSW blog

- SXSW Videos – the latest videos from SXSW

- South by Southwest 2009 Attendees – a list of people attending SXSW 2009

- ReadWriteWeb Guide to the SXSW Web Awards Finalists

- SXSW 2009 on BitTorrent – 5 GB of free SXSW 2009 music

SXSW 2007

Of course one of the best sources of information at SXSW is Twitter. I’ll be posting updates throughout the event and for official conference information, be sure to follow SXSW on Twitter. If you looking for an endless barrage of SXSW updates on Twiter, search will do the trick.

Throwing Devil Horns

Oh yeah and then there’s the parties. Many, many parties. Laughing Squid is co-organizing the super secret 32 Bit party on Monday, March 16th, follow @32bit on Twitter for more information.

We are also a sponsor of Plutopia 2009, the 9th Annual EFF-Austin SXSWi event.

Oh and @sxswparty will be posting party updates on Twitter.

UPDATE: Andrew Mager posted a really great guide to SXSW on The Web Life blog.

photos by Scott Beale


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Andrew Mager February 24, 2009 at 11:21 am
Michael Buckbee February 24, 2009 at 12:43 pm

One easy way to filter through some of the SXSW tweeting madness is to use the Event Tags for specific SXSW Events (they are listed on each events page on my.sxsw.com).

If you add an event tag like #SX09-123 to a tweet (or Flickr image) it will show up in the messages on that page.

Can’t wait to see everyone at SXSW this year!

- Mike Buckbee

Taylor McKnight February 24, 2009 at 7:15 pm

Looking forward to running into you at SXSW Scott!

Elizabeth HAnnanElizabeth Hannan February 25, 2009 at 1:41 pm

Great post! Thanks for Sharing. I’m looking forward to meet you at SXSW.

Here are some Iphone Apps I packing for SXSW 2009. Any others I should include?

http://is.gd/kQPr
-Elizabeth Hannan

Scott Blake March 13, 2009 at 9:22 am

I will be exhibiting my Interactive Barcode Art at the Plutopia Party. I look forward to meeting you there.

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