SXSW

I've collected about 5 pages of notes from this conference so far. I looked over them briefly, and realized tha if they captured anything, it was the prevading disorganization of thought that seems to be rampant at this year's conference. The reader shouldn't misread that as criticism of the conference, or the speakers. Personally, I don't think the speakers would be honest, if they pretended to have the answers.

Zellman's speech was suprisingly light. It mostly consisted long-winded stories that would always end with some sort of high praise of the conference. Later today, I'll consolidate my notes on his speech, along with the Imagination Challenge.

At the moment, I'm awaiting the beginning of what will probably be one of the more enlightening panels, "Blogs and Blockades: Forging a True Global Internet". The session will be led by the now infamous digital freedom fighter, Hoder, and Benjamin Walker. According to Hoder's recent blog entry, they will be talking about the reality of Chinese censorship of information, and about oppressive measures taken on by the Iranian government. I'll be taking particularly good notes at this session. It would seem the more we begin to understand how censorship occurs on the web (i.e. how it progresses, how it is done) the better we might be able to protect ourselves from attempts by either the government, or the private sector to limit our freedom of speech.

David Nunez, a man of high moral fiber, has written a great underground guide to SXSW Interactive: The unofficial geek guide to getting over yourself at SxSW Interactive 2005e.

BTW, if you're at SxSW, and plan on blogging it, drop me a comment. SXSW bloggers should unite in glory!