Okay, just curious here… who else is NOT going to SXSW or TED?

I can’t even imagine driving across town this week – let alone fly halfway across the country for an organized meatspace confluence. Given the amount of stuff I’ve yet to do (personally and professionally), there’s virtually no way I can even think about doing anything that’s not within 100 feet of my keyboard. We’re having the bathroom upgraded, a fence installed in the backyard, the garage worked over, fighting “fires” on our Web servers, creating and uploading new media, etc. etc. etc. It’s already “too much” for my puny brain to handle.

TED? I’m not important enough for it. South by Southwest? Loved it, but it’s simply not in the cards for me this year. I’m not afraid of missing anything, though – as I’m already missing plenty of information in my assorted (unread) feeds. What would Merlin Mann think?