Echoing what others have said, tech was kind of tacked on, and SXSWi itself is more of an industry conference than a tech conference if that makes sense. Not t

Echoing what others have said, tech was kind of tacked on, and SXSWi itself is more of an industry conference than a tech conference if that makes sense. Not that you couldn't find people (anything is possible), but imnsho you're more likely to find a bunch of social media strategists getting shitfaced and attending talks like "knitting a tag cloud for grandma"* than people who know what the fuck a copy constructor is. In other words, if you want Shingies, come on down, if you want Bjarne Stroustrups, stay away. Source: long-time Austinite and SXSW-avoider; developer-type :) *not a joke: I think this was at the 2006 SXSWi.