After one day at SXSW, I
Bring a paper back up
Before I left, I decided not to print out a schedule of the sessions I had selected, thinking I would make the jump to an all iPad experience. I knew I would have the massive session catalog that you get at registration, and this year there was a thinner spiral bound session guide as well.
Between trying to connect through an almost-overloaded network and flipping through the session guide that was organized by location and track, I decided that having a print out would have saved time after all. It would have been less frustrating and would have saved the feeling that I was missing out on sessions I wanted to see.
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Pack a snack
As with many conferences, there are lots of lines: to get your badge, to get a ride on the shuttle bus, to get in to popular sessions. I had a bag of granola and a banana in my bag and was very glad I could refuel without standing in yet another long queue.
Turn waiting into networking
This morning as I waited 90 minutes for a ride to the convention center, I resisted the urge to pull out my phone and scroll through my e-mail. Instead, I struck up conversations with four people. I met a market researcher from CapitalOne, an event planner from IBM, an interface expert from LuLu Lemon, and an entrepreneur from California who is working on EHRs designed for parents. If life sciences folks are as introverted as Internet folks, you will be a social butterfly in a room of wallflowers.
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[Photo from flickr user DickDavid]