Group Discount for SXSWi
Last year I reached out to the SXSW people and was able to establish a group discount for the #RefreshCA group for South by Southwest Interactive. The only catch was that we needed to get 20 people together to qualify for this group discount and we came up a little short on that part. This year with a little planning I feel like we can wrangle 20 people together if we start early enough. If you are interested in attending, drop a comment below to let us know if you are interested and we will see what we can do.
#RefreshCA – Tuesday, March 30th
This have been so hectic for me this past month that I haven’t even sent out the Facebook reminders to the Central Arkansas Refresh group about our meeting tomorrow night, Tuesday, March 30th at 6pm. We will be meeting in our usual location, downstairs at The Flying Saucer in downtown Little Rock. For directions, please see the map below…
This month Justin Wright from Mainstream Technologies will be sharing some of the high points from the SXSWi conference in Austin, Texas earlier this month. This should be a very informative meeting, as many of you who work within the industry are probably already aware, many of the apps and technologies we use today were born at SXSWi in previous years.
Following SXSWi Conference
I have to admit that I am a little disappointed to not be in Austin this weekend for the South by Southwest Interactive Conference. I had planned on heading out there but given the fact that I am running behind schedule on just about every project I have going on right now I figured it was in my best interest to just stay behind this week and get caught up. As a lot of you may already be aware, my wife and I had a tragedy recently and needless to say I didn’t get a lot of work done all last week. My partners and I also attended the Rackspace Conference in Atlanta earlier this week, so not only has my productivity and focus been down but I have also been out of the office a lot. Staying home from SXSWi this year was the right thing to do… Okay, I have justified it.
What’s the big deal about SXSWi you might ask? Well, that’s simple. In terms of conferences / conventions, this is the big one for the interactive industry. In fact, many of the trends and products that will shape our industry this next year will be unveiled at SXSWi in Austin. Fret not though, I have some friends that are attending the conference this year and have been tweeting and blogging up a storm about what they are seeing. Here’s a few if you are interested in following along…
- Bryan Jones / @bryanjones
- Wade Austin / @k_wade_a
- Daniel Spillers / @almostdaniel
- Justin Wright / @mrjawright
So, what to do this weekend??
So, besides getting caught up on my backlog of client projects what am I doing this weekend? Well, turns out it’s not that bad of a weekend after all. My church, The Church Alive, is hosting their annual Unlimited Realm conference this year. Nick Brewer and I have been managing our live video stream and social media presence for the conference and it’s been a big honor to use our talents to further the kingdom. Tonight we led a young man to Christ in a chat room that had been dealing w/ drug addiction. We also prayed w/ several others on matters related to their health and healing. This sort of ministry opportunity doesn’t present itself very often but when it does, I like to roll up my sleeves and get involved however I can. If you are interested in tuning into the conference this weekend, you can do so by clicking here…
Interested in Special Rates for #SXSW?
I was on the phone today w/ the Registration people at #SXSW (South by Southwest Conference) negotiating a special group rate for the Central Arkansas Refresh group. They have offered us a pretty good rate on admission and they mentioned some housing options as well that we might be able to take advantage of but we need to get a headcount on how many from within our group are looking at making the trip down…
If you are interested in making the trip, please leave me a comment on this post so I will know what kind of headcount we are looking at. I will then forward you on an email that I received from them today regarding our discount… Please also share this with any of your co-workers that are also considering making the trip down…
