A Few Early Observations: SxSW
- Gowalla and Foursquare really are the buzz of the show, so far. But Google Buzz? No one has mentioned it.
- Panels and/or solo presentations have either been solid or duds. Most surprising so far? The Media Armageddon panel. While neat to see a room of geeks vote in a huge majority that the NY Times is still needed, the panelists were too black/white (no one was mentioning they could simply morph into something different), could not stay on track, and were generally lifeless. Left early.
- Dinner with some Yahoo!s new and old has been the highlight of the social part of this so far.
My notes from the conference will be posted later.
