On: SXSW 2010 for Hackers

[steveklabnik]

I'm super excited for SXSW. This is the first time I'll have ever gone to one of the big, national conferences. This stuff all sounds pretty cool.

Any advice from you seasoned conference goers?

[jolie → steveklabnik]

Don't over-plan. Half the fun of SXSW (for me, at least) is the near-random and quite serendipitous meetups, bump-intos, and unexpected invitations.

[PStamatiou → jolie]

I agree. Last year I was all about signing up for all these cool events, panels I wanted to attend and so on.. and none of that happened. I just ended up going to wherever my crowd was going. They all seemed to know about the cooler private stuff anyways.

[wmf → steveklabnik]

If they're having it, don't miss "how to rawk SXSW".

[jolie → wmf]

They are having it!

I wrote a list of 10 awesome things for n00bs to do, too: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/sxsw_2010_for_noobs.php

[michaelbuckbee → wmf]

They are having it and it is here: http://my.sxsw.com/events/event/7287