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This morning I had some time to kill before the SXSW conference check in so I decided to stretch my legs and become a little more familiar w/t/town. Fortunately, there’s a greenway along the Town Lake right outside my hotel, so I followed it for quite a long way, past the Convention Center…..Sixth Street (lots of bars and good music)….Waterloo Park….all the way to the University of Texas.

I don’t know precisely where I ended up but I imagine it was the student union, a beautiful building, across the street from the stadium.

On the way who should I happen to run into? Andy Clarke, who was sitting at a cafe table, with two others, one of whom was a gent with a British accent who said his name was “Patrick” (he probably told me his last name too, but my brain was a sieve today). I got the impression that this guy was some kind of Web Superstar too, but I couldn’t place him.

I have arrived. I have an excellent room at the Holiday Inn that overlooks Town Lake, which is really a river dammed up as it winds through town. Sometimes you get lucky. Today I am here [Google dart].

View from the room:

I think my luck runs out tomorrow b/c I am supposed to check in to the Doubletree (long story), which is a little further out (not much, but not right on the water and perhaps not within walking distance). I checked w/t/front desk here at the HI and they say their rooms are booked solid so I probably won’t be able to extend my stay.

Flights were uneventful – 1st leg to Atlanta seemed a little long b/c the legroom was not.

In Atlanta they had us all queue up to re-register at the gate, and I ended up behind this guy who looked like he was in some British rock band (sideburns, scruffy hair, 3 earrings, fancy scarf, British accent, etc.) Turns out this guy is Andy Clarke, (site) leading a panel discussion along with Jason Santa Maria that I was interested in attending on Monday. He asked me where I was from, and when I told him “Portland, Maine” a glimmer of a look passed over his face that seemed to say “They build Web sites in Portland, Maine??”. Seems like a nice guy; I think I’ll enjoy his presentation.

Yes, I gave him my business card and invited him to look me up if he was ever in Portland.

Well, here goes, a very impromptu attempt to keeping all you folks up to date on how I’m doing this week in Austin @ South By SouthWeb interactive. This is a grand experiment – Stay tuned….