Dinner w/t/New Englanders
Tonight I met a great bunch of people from New Hampshire who are attending the Interactive portion of SXSW, some for the second time. The rendezvous was at Threadgill’s [web | Google dart]. We connected after I placed a posting on the SXSW Community Blog a couple weeks ago. I’m glad I was able to connect w/Kelly, Ian, Shimon, Dave, Dave, Marc & Zachary. In a first, I was the only one who didn’t have business cards on hand (yes, I do have them on the trip - they were back at the hotel).
I’m one of only seven people from Maine attending the conference. There are a couple of people I’ve never heard of attending Interactive; maybe I’ll be able to track them down. One person I do know (not personally) who’s here is Bob Ludwig - the producer who runs Gateway Mastering Studios in Portland - it’s a very safe bet that he’s here for the music festival, not Interactive.
I have the cellphone #s of some folks from Boston and Vermont and I’m hoping to meet up w/some tomorrow. Networking w/other online creatives from New England is one of my main objectives for this event.
Don’t worry Rob, I’ll track you down and get a business card before it’s all done.
I’d say it’s a safe bet that Rob is here for the music. He’s a cool guy so it would be worth tracking him down if he is here for the geekier parts of SXSW. A few of my friends have had a lot of fun working with him.
Hey Ian! Thanks for the compliment (right back at ‘cha). Make no mistake, since I run a Web design company in Maine I’m definitely here for interactive (right now I’m actually listening to today’s keynote on “open source hardware development” - interesting concept.