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SXSWi 2006: Getting there

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After being pulled down by a massive jetlag, I’ll try to sum up my travel from Germany to Texas’ capital, Austin. Here’s the timeline from March 10th:

03:33 leave Nuremberg train station

06:43 arrive at Frankfort airport

10:50 flight AA71 takes off from Frankfort airport (delayed by 20 minutes)

14:30 flight AA71 arrives at Dallas Ft. Worth

16:20 flight AA416 takes off from Dallas Ft. Worth

17:19 flight AA416 arrives at Bergstrom airport in Austin

On the flight from Dallas to Austin I had the pleasure of meeting Markus Rill, a musician from Wuerzburg, who’ll be performing at SXSW Music. He was picked up at the airport by a friend, who was so kind as to take me to my hotel (La Quinta – Capitol). Thanks Maria.

After my arrival I took a stroll down to the Convention Center to pick up my badge. On my walk back to the hotel I took a detour past the Ginger Man Pub, where the famous “Break Bread with Brad” was in full swing. But it was just too crowded for my jetlagged self, so I walked down the famous 6th Street, to get some more taste of Austin’s crazy nightlife. It really is crazy here.

Leaving on a jet plane

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But different to the lyrics of this song, I know when I’ll be back again. Anyway, I’m sitting at Frankfort airport, waiting to board my flight to Dallas and then on to Austin. I’ve been corresponding with a few interesting people so far and I’m very excited to be there, especially since I’ve enviouisly observed last year’s SXSWi from afar.

If you’re there, drop me a line. I look forward to meeting many new and interesting people.

And if you haven’t yet checked out “The (Last-Minute) Unofficial Geek Guide to SxSW-Interactive 2006“, make sure to do so now.

SXSW, I’m coming

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After weeks and weeks of pondering and evaluating and re-evaluation my monetary situation I decided to go for it and booked my flight as well as registration for this year’s SXSW Interactive Festival. I just didn’t want to sit here and watch from afar as so many great people have so much fun in Austin. This is the place to be when you’re in the web developlemt business, or so I’ve heard. Just look at the confirmed speakers list and tell me this is not an event worth the travel from the Old to the New World.

It might be unfair to many of the other great speakers, to just name a few of them. But I have to release my excitement about the prospect of meeting people whose books and/or blogs I’ve been reading. First of all there is Molly E. Holzschlag. Her book “Web by Design” was my very first web design book and it not only got me hooked by its content but also by the witty and straight forward way it was written. Now my bookshelf prouds itself by holding more of Molly’s writings.

I could go on for paragraphs on end, writing about some of the speakers at SXSW Interactive, but instead I’ll present you my “Top 10 list of people I look forward to seeing/meeting at SXSW Interactive” (not really in any particular order):

Looking forward to learning new stuff, meeting interesting people and sharing experiences of life and work.

If you’re also going to be there, please drop me a line.