Back from SXSW
Wednesday, March 14th, 2007 leave comment orI just got back from South by Southwest this afternoon. The last five days have been great and my brain is full.
The best panels/speeches that I attended included:
“A Decade of Style” – with Doug Bowman (stopdesign.com), Molly Holzschlag (molly.com), Eric Meyer (meyerweb.com), and Chris Wilson (Microsoft).
“After the Brief: A Field Guide to Design Inspiration” – with Jason Santa Maria (jasonsantamaria.com and HappyCog.com), and Rob Weychert (robweychert.com and HappyCog.com).
“Grids are Good, and How to Design with Them” – with Mark Boulton (markboulton.co.uk) and Khoi Vinh (NY Times).
“Building an Online Fanbase” – joint Film and Interactive session with Scilla Andreen (IndieFlix), Scott Kirsner (Variety), Jim Miller (Brave New Foundation), Ian Schafer (DeepFocus), David Straus (Without a Box Inc), Joe Swanberg (Hannah take the Stairs), and Lance Weiler (Workbook Project).
“Creating a Campaign in an Hour” – with Pablo Marques (pablomarques.com), Todd Purgason (juxtinteractive.com), Jason Zada (EVB), Rick Webb (barbariangroup.com).
“Design Patterns: Defining and Sharing Web Interface Design Languages” – with Luke Wroblewski (lukew.com).
“Scaling Your Community” – with Matt Mullenweg (wordpress.com)
“How to Create a Kick-Ass In-House Design Team” – with Lisa C. Anderson (Intuit), Irene Au (Google), Tjeerd Hoek (Microsoft), and Jon Wiley (jonwiley.com).
I attended a lot of panels, however these were at the top of my list. Matt Mullenweg did an excellent job with the “Scaling Your Community” speech. Great job Matt!
The panel on creating a kick-ass in-house design team was amazing. Afterwards we went for drinks at Cedar Door with the panel and had an opportunity to talk with them for about 45 minutes or so. That’s one of things that stood out for me about SXSW was how accessible everyone is and how they love sharing their knowledge with you. It was refreshing.
This was my first year at South by Southwest and I was very impressed. I’m already excited about next year!