SXSW Day One: Neil on 3/14/07

By: Neil Olstad
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   Neil's Badge - Photo by Stacy Sandstrom After a 6 a.m. flight out of Minneapolis and an hour layover in Dallas, I officially arrived in Austin, Texas for the annual South by Southwest music conference for the second time in as many years. Not booking your hotel months in advance these days means that you don’t stay downtown, but instead in one of many hotels lining the Austin highwa...

SXSW Day One: Stacy on 3/14/07

By: Stacy Schwartz
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Stacy's Badge - By Stacy Sandstrom 5pm: Go to registration & pick up badges for Music Festival portion of SXSW. This takes place at the conference center where you wait in a long line to receive your badge and a packet of random junk mail. Actually, it went pretty quickly—they get your ID, take your photo and about 10 minutes later you’re set. After that we headed downstairs to get o...