In less than a week, I'll be making my way down to Texas for SXSW Interactive. I'm excited to see old friends as well as meet new ones. The number of people going this year is incredible, as are the number of panels. Holy cow.
I'll be speaking on the panel, How to Be Beautiful: More Hi-Fi Design With CSS on Sunday. It'll be a reunion of sorts of the panel from last year, with Christopher Schmitt moderating myself, Dave Shea, Douglas Bowman and the addition of the incomparable Molly Holzschlag. Should be very fun. Also scheduled is a book signing after the panel (I believe). But I'd prefer to sign bananas, sock monkeys or $100 bills ("do you need this back?").
I'm planning on bringing down a few t-shirts to sell at a drastically reduced sale price (beer money) for those interested. Just ask.
Also, this is a perfect time to remind people of a sure-fire way to fill those awkward mealtime pauses: the spoon trick. Guaranteed to rejuvinate any lull in conference conversation.
And lastly, my one resolution from last year: get some decent BBQ. Something better than the Salt Lick at the airport just before the ride home. Any suggestions? Stubb's is probably an obvious choice.