SXSW

It's that time of year again!
This year I have been asked to do a 2.5hr Drupal Advanced Workshop on Sunday the 9th. I'll post more details when they come.

My question is... Who else is going?
I'll be in town from Wednesday 3/5 to Monday 3/10. Being my 1st SxSw, I didn't think to grab housing early. I still haven't secured a place, so any opportunities to share costs would be sweet.

I see that Acquia is planning a Drupal Meetup on Saturday Details: https://www.acquia.com/resources/events/sxsw-2014

The Drupal Genius Bazaar is your time to come network with the brightest minds in the Drupal community at SXSW 2013!

No badge required

At this happy hour, you'll get to talk to leading Drupal professionals in a relaxed environment. Drink tickets for the first 300 folks at the event. (Talking to our sponsors at the event can get you even more!)

During the second weekend of March, tens of thousands of tech and creative geeks descend upon Austin for SXSW -- yet this year's conference doesn't offer an official Drupal-focused session. We've decided to take matters into our own hands!

Join us Monday, March 12, to confer, shake hands, and share enthusiasm with those in the Drupal community. There will be experts. There will be camaraderie. There will be beer.

You don't need a SXSW badge to get in, but you do need to RSVP via Eventbrite.

Just a heads up for the folks who attend both:

DrupalCon Chicago 2011 - March 8-10
SXSW Interactive 2011 - March 11-15

Yikes.

-Lynn
http://geekaustin.org

I've posted updated slides from my Drupal in the Cloud presntation here at SxSw interactive. Check 'em out!

Again, Lynn Bender is on the ball for finding which Drupal panels made it onto the official SXSW Interactive 2010 schedule. Here they are:

R.I.P. Content Management System
Speaker: Dries Buytaert (Acquia)

This comes from our good friend Lynn Bender (GeekAustin), who has graciously assembled a list of all the Drupal-related sessions for SXSW Interactive 2010:

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Fellow drupalistas,

I see six Drupal panels suggested for SXSW 2010. The link to to view them is here: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/index/4/q:drupal

Ben Finklea has a talk on Drupal SEO
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/4986

Jennifer Conley, of LevelTen in Dallas
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/3008

First ever DrupalCamp Dallas - only 30ドル for 2 awesome days of Drupal!

Schedule is up - http://www.drupalcampdallas.org/schedule

Pre-event happy hour on Friday night - http://www.drupalcampdallas.org/blog/calshei1/friday-drupalcamp-happy-ho...

Register for event here - http://www.drupalcampdallas.org Receive a free t-shirt with paid registration if you register by midnight tonight!

No walk-ups on Saturday...it looks like DrupalCamp Dallas will be sold out tomorrow or Friday.

Thank you to our awesome sponsors!!! http://www.drupalcampdallas.org/sponsors

If you haven't seen it on d.o (though you probably have), then I encourage you to check out gdemet's panel picker post. Vote for them all and lets try and increase the Drupal presence at SxSW.

I have a blast every year, and this will make it that much better.

-Rho

Only local images are allowed.

When: 5:00pm-6:00pm (tentatively)
Where: GSD&M Idea City, Omega Lab (2nd floor)

If you will be in Austin for SXSW and you love Drupal, come show it at BarCamp Austin 3! There are lots of rooms and times available, so the schedule is very flexible. There should be plenty of time and space for anyone to present, maybe multiple.

Only local images are allowed.

Attention Drupalers: Will you be in Austin for SXSW 2008?

If you haven't heard, BarCamp Austin 3 will be taking place at GSD&M Idea City in Austin, TX on Saturday, March 8th, 2008. This event is FREE to everyone and will feature a wide variety of presentations, demos, and entertainment.

Now that the full panel schedule is out, what looks interesting to you? This is a wiki, so feel free to add your picks.

Schedule sorted by day: http://2008.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels_schedule

Schedule sorted by panelist: http://2008.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels_schedule/?action=pan...

Panels aren't the real reason you dished out 300ドル+ to attend SXSWi, it's the networking!

Not to mention these social gatherings usually include free food and/or booze (usually on some tech giant's dime). Here are a few you might not want to miss.

Saturday, March 8

6-11:30p | Plutopia! 8th Annual SXSW EFF-Austin Interactive Tech Gathering of the Tribes @ Scholz Garten
6-8p | Dorkbot @ Brush Square Park
6-8p | Google Party @ Light Bar
6-8p | GeekAustin Happy Hour

My friend whurley has launched an online poll to bring open source to the attention of politicians -- specifically, the presidential candidates. He, like many of us, is troubled by the recent calls for patent reform put forth by larger companies that may wind up blocking innovation and threatening open source-oriented companies and contractors.

You can view the poll here and vote for which candidate you believe is best for the open source community. (Don't worry: "None of them" is an option!)

http://2008.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels

A few interesting picks:

Building Portable Social Networks (Jeremy Keith)
Data as Art: Musical, Visual Web APIs (Peter Kirn)
Getting There Faster By Using Open Code (Jack Moffitt)
Pimp My Non Profit -- Real Non-Profits Kicking Ass with Online Technology (Ed Schipul)
Unconventional Collaboration: Tips for Local and Remote Teams (Jason Fried)

BarCamp is still in its infant planning stages but you can keep an eye on the progress at: http://barcamp.org/BarCampAustinIII