I’ve finally managed to save up enough cash to go to arguably one of the most important gathering of geeks in my field in the world (that happens to be in town I live in). Besides the pricing for the badges, there was the cost to consider at my job: as a contractor I have no holiday time, I get no vacations, I don’t have sick leave, and any time I’m not working is time I don’t get paid. To that end, this will be an expensive conference for me (but I’m sure, completely worth it). There are a lot of people in town I’d love to meet and say hello to as well as many of my friends and peers that I’m lucky enough to know in Austin that I’m sure I’ll have no shortage of panels and distractions to last me a long time.

It’s a real treat that so many of the people that I know who are going have been going to interactive for some time. I’m trying to follow their lead somewhat to keep everything loose: plan to attend panels and RSVP for every party, but keep and open mind and follow your gut to decide what you do next. I’m also going to try my damnedest to not spam the hell out of people on Twitter and Facebook (I hate it when people do that to me, so karma dictates some tact) and instead will be pushing lots of content to this blog. I’m stepping up my lifestream updates to hourly and I’ll be posting as much as I can.

The Rundown

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I’ve included a picture of me (thanks Handsome Boy Modeling School) so you too can find me if you’re out and about. I hope to see some people out at parties (I’ll probably drink a beer or two with you too). I’m super stoked about my first actual southby instead of vicariously living through others! See everyone out there and check this space for more updates!