SXSW Interactive in 2006

Hey zinesters. We here at Webzine HQ would like to take this opportunity to pimp a very cool event happening this March called SXSW Interactive. Maybe you’ve heard of it. Webzine and SXSW are kindred spirits, both covering much about what’s cool in independent online publishing. Many speakers and panelists of past Webzines are also alums of SXSW. In fact, it was seeing so many former Webzine participants from the bubble 1.0 days at SXSW last year, that motivated the return of of Webzine in 2005. Former Webziners slated for SXSW in 2006 include Heather Gold, Molly GoLightly, Lane Becker, Tantek Çelik, Philip Kaplan, George Kelly, JD Lasica, Nicole Lee, Matt Mullenweg, Chris Pirillo, Ted Rheingold, Eric Rice, Eris Stassi, Philip Torrone, Evan Williams. OK, enough name dropping. Get down to Austin in March and experience the indie love all over again. We’ll see you there.

The official blurb:

An incubator of new, cutting-edge technologies, the SXSW Interactive Festival is ground zero for the world’s most creative web developers, designers, bloggers, wireless innovators and new media entrepreneurs. This year’s keynotes include: Craig Newmark, Jason Kottke, and Heather Armstrong and some panels include: How to Be a Web Design Superhero,Starting Small: Web Business for the Rest of Us, Building Buzz for Your Web Project, How to Create Passionate Users, Does Your Blog Have a Business?

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12noon - 6:00pm

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