not @media2005
so the @media 2005 conference came and went without me. I’ve read some write-ups and looked at the pictures on flickr, and although it looked good, I didn’t get the missing out feeling I got about SxSWi. I have to admit that this has little or nothing to do with the content of the conference, but more that the appeal to me is really the geek socialising and - hate to say the word - networking that goes with them, and the idea of doing that in the various bars and restuarants of downtown Austin, Texas appeals more than doing the same in London. Because i’ve been to London loads of times, there’s just no novelty involved.
there seems to be a sort of "standards geek" celebrity occuring for the main bloggers/authors/designers involved in these events. some of them giving talks, some of them just hanging out, blogging and taking photographs…