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Despite being a little under the weather, we’re heading to Austin, TX tonight on a red-eye for SxSW (where I hear it’s just as cold as it is here in Seattle).

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There are millions of people in Austin, Texas this week for South by Southwest (the festival to end all festivals). Ponzi and I went last year, but “too much work” kept us at home this time around. I’ve been keeping track of updates through my feed reader, but I was hoping to hear directly from those of you in attendance. Here’s your chance to share your SXSW review:

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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.

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It’s always good to get the perspective of the person responsible for building a show like SXSW to get a sense for where the conference came from and where it’s headed in the future. At SXSW Interactive 2006, Chris talked with Hugh Forest, Executive Director of SXSW, about his thoughts on this year’s event. In addition to touching on some of the show highlights, Chris and Hugh also chat about Austin and what it’s like as both a place of business and a venue for one of the largest annual conference events in the country.

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