At some point, somewhere in the world, at any time there is probably some sort of tech conference going on and they seem to be growing in numbers worse that fleas on a dog. This week of course is the big spring break of tech conferences happening in Austin, Texas, called SXSWi.
Each year of the conference the number of people going has been climbing to the point they have seen a 40% increase of people attending this year over last year. That is a crap load of people no matter how you slice or dice it but it seems that just as the numbers are growing so is the undercurrent of feelings that being there is approaching pointless.
Posts referred to in the show.
Why SXSW Sucks – Jodie O’Dell
Chris Brogan at SXSW – 1938Media
The Great Privacy Con of Social Media and Web 2.0 – The Inquisitr
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Just as the SXSW conference in Austin a few years saw the launch of a service that has had an incredible impact on our Web we could see a repeat again this year with Twitter’s announcement of its new @anywhere platform.
There are more conferences, un-conferences, meet-up or any number of different gatherings that seem to get larger every year. While my chances of ever A) wanting to attend any of them or B) being able to afford to go or C) even being invited in the first place is pretty slim I gotta admit this year’s SXSW conference (party) would have been a real joy for me.
