Things are already gearing up for SXSW 2010. We've submitted four panel ideas to SXSW and made it through to the Panel Picking round. Now it's up to a public vote to help determine if these topics make it or not.

Take a look at the conversations we'd like to have at SXSW 2010, then please toss a vote over to these panel proposals: more

This afternoon I was lucky enough to attend a lunch conference at the New Organizing Institute with Stephen Geer, Director of Email for the Obama Campaign, and Alexander McCormmach, founding member of the New Media analytics team on the Obama Campaign and now the New Media Development and Analytics Lead at DNC/OFA. They were there to discuss campaign e-mail tactics and measurement. more

I was lucky enough to spend yesterday at the Google DC office attending the Mobile Tech 4 Social Change barcamp hosted by MobileActive.org. As is always the case when you get a room full of smart people who do cool things, there was a lot to be learned and many interesting conversations to be had. more

In March I woke up before the sun and left Dulles Airport to make my way to Austin, TX for South by Southwest Interactive. Having not been to the fabled SXSW before, I was pretty excited. I had heard a lot about what SXSW was supposed to be, what was supposed to be awesome, what would suck, events that would be good and others that would disappoint. more

South by Southwest Interactive has evolved into a truly massive event -- with up to twelve simultaneous sessions at a time and scores of official and unofficial parties each night. As most vets will advise, your best bet is simply to ride the wave and explore new ideas since you can't catch it all or meet everyone if you tried.

So, in no particular order, my gross generalizations from this year while it's still fresh: more

Proximity
n. Nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation. more

Hey y'all. We had so much fun at our own 5 yr anniversary robot party at drupalcon last week that we're doing it all over again (kind of, not really) in Austin this wknd during South by Southwest.

As usual, we'll be rolling deep: Tina, Cristen, Ethan, Alan, and I will all be there, against the best advice of the people who try to keep us profitable. more

For the non-nerds in the room, Drupalcon is the central semiannual conference for users of Drupal, our beloved open-source community-powered plumbs-ones-and-zeros-to-do-whatever development framework. Every year, there's a North American conference and a European conference. This year's North American conference will be here in DC from March 4th to 7th! more

The Google corporate motto for performance is "every millisecond counts." To help set the technology and infrastructure agenda during the presidential transition, Google's Washington office is hosting a series of open town hall meetings. Today's panel focused on two technology issues for the incoming administration - broadband connectivity and improving electricity grids. more