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Photos courtesy of Mike Pick's new camera!

Design, technology, parties, robots, beer, barbeque, legos, MIT, Google, video games, blogs, music. Those are some of the words that come to mind after the first few days of the 2008 SXSW Festival. Check their site for podcasts and videos of the sessions, and check Flickr for tons more photos.

From a conference perspective the folks at SXSW really do a lot of things right. Blanket wi-fi at the conference center helps distribute the ideas from the conference across the world as it happens. The vibe is great and everyone here seems to love the whole thing. As with any conference their are a few clunkers in the panels, but there are a lot more hits than misses. If anything the conference is TOO successful, as the lines to get into the parties are really starting to impact my ability to make those valuable business connections.