At SXSW, there are really only two camps -- players and fans. The players come to play. These are the musicians, actors, directors, promoters, agents, press and the like. Fans come to watch the acts, have fun and judge.

Telling the player from the fan is obvious in music and...

You know what I learned from SXSW? That I could totally make TED better.

From my POV, TED and SXSW are almost completely opposite from each other -- but each needs what the other has.

TED's motto is "Ideas Worth Spreading." SXSW's is "Tomorrow Happens Here." And that says a...

It's getting kind of emotional at SXSW.

One of the most interesting panels today was Chris Messina, of Google, talking about Activity Streams, Social Objects and a little glimpse into how the data that is our lifestream will grow. And soon.

I don't need to recap the panel. Not...

The highlight of the day was hearing the word "Curation" spoken out loud about 20 times. It is what's next. And I'm not just saying that because I've been saying that for about a year (see my site, curatorialist.com for traffic, er, proof), I'm saying it because it's...

Like, apparently, everyone else on Twitter, I'm packing a bag right now and getting ready to fly to Austin for SXSW. I know this because while I pack I have TweetDeck open and a search for both SXSW and PACK.

@jendotu says, "All I wanna do is go home, poop...