Every year South by Southwest, or SxSW, is a very unique and affordable confluence of some of the most influential minds on the web gathering in the state where I grew up, Texas. It’s actually the first tech conference I ever went to, four years ago, and where I got my start down the path that has led me to where I am today.
Another movement close to my heart, Barcamp, is in full effect here in Austin. Saturday March 10 at 6 PM we’re going to do a WordPress meetup at the Barcamp venue Bourbon Rocks on 6th Street. Unlike many other SxSW parties, it is completely open to the public and doesn’t require a conference badge. There will be food and drinks available, and a live band after we wrap up the meetup.
So come enjoy part of your SxSW evening in this beautiful Austin weather with fellow WordPressers. In addition to the good company, we’ll have an assortment of cool WordPress stickers free for the taking.
Finally if you’re attending the conference part of SxSW Interactive, be sure to check out the following cool speakers who are WordPress users like yourself:
- Glenda Bautista
- Lane Becker
- Jeff Beckham
- Frances Berriman
- Carrie Bickner
- Kimberly Blessing
- Jonah Bossewitch
- Jonathan Boutelle
- Melanie Boyer
- Colin Brumelle
- Kyle Bunch
- Ryan Campbell
- Sally Carson
- Jose Castillo
- Kevin Cheng
- Eddie Codel
- Amanda Congdon
- Tony Conrad
- Julie Davidson
- Jay Dedman
- Dustin Diaz
- Molly Ditmore
- Nick Douglas
- Andrew Dupont
- Zack Exley
- Christopher Fahey
- Derek Featherstone
- Tim Ferriss
- Amelia G
- Scott Gledhill
- Josh Greenberg
- Aaron Gustafson
- Carlon Haas
- Kevin Hale
- Kaliya Hamlin
- Jane Hamsher
- Patrick Haney
- Matt Haughey
- Ryanne Hodson
- Michael Kaply
- Marshall Kirkpatrick
- Raph Koster
- Micki Krimmel
- Cheryl Lead
- Carlo Longino
- Ethan Marcotte
- Tom Markiewicz
- Alice Marwick
- Jake McKee
- Casey McKinnon
- James McNally
- Eric Meyer
- Matt Mullenweg
- Thor Muller
- Annalee Newitz
- Brian Oberkirch
- Justin Oberman
- Jerry Paffendorf
- Bre Pettis
- Bianca Ramos
- Eric Rice
- Narendra Rocherolle
- Dan Rubin
- Patrick Ruffini
- Kelsey Ruger
- Erik Sagen
- Dylan Schiemann
- Christopher Schmitt
- Toni Schneider
- Robert Scoble
- Glenda Sims
- Eric Steuer
- Mike Tatum
- Penelope Trunk
- Samantha Velez
- Bryan Veloso
- Michael Verdi
- Mark Wallace
- John Wilbanks
- Nick Wilder
- Alex Williams
- Stephen Wilmarth
- Susan Wu
- Jeffrey Zeldman
- Ethan Zuckerman
Congrats to each of the above for being speakers this year!