You can reach him at gary [at] garysguide. You can opt out anytime. Every year it gets a little bit bigger and a little bit crazier with some people wondering if its gone overtly commercial and jumped the shark.
But every year a TON of folks show up and have an amazing time cuz at the end of the day its really all about meeting interesting people and learning about cool stuff and SXSW has it all! As I landed in Austin, the good folks Tagged had sent a car to pick me up.
The laws that apply to the internet apply to human society. It means there has been a militarization of our civilian space β¦ a very serious matter. Among the other popular keynotes were NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden making his first public speaking appearance since leaking troves of classified documents last summer.
This year, as always, there was a lot of anticipation but no clear winner. Mashable scored a big win last year with Grumpy Cat who was back for an encore! Oblivious Tech Guy!
Yup sums up SXSW pretty well! And parties there were a-plenty! There was the awesome Vimeo party under a tent where we all went crazy taking slo-mo video selfies! Snoop Dogg Lion? There was the FullScreen party full of west coast new media folks. And so, there you have it, folks. We get it: you like to have control of your own internet experience.
