Since I couldn’t find a roommate for SXSW, I’ve booked at the Austin South Hawthorn Suites (4020 IH 35 South, and I would have linked right to that location’s page, but the site doesn’t cooperate when ripped out of its frames).
I’m checking in on the Friday (March 7th) and checking out on the Tuesday (March 11th), as I didn’t want to miss either Richard M Stallman nor Ben & Mena Trott whose panels respectively form bookends around those dates.
I won’t have access to e-mail while I’m there. (I was about to add “of course”, but then I realized that some lucky bunnies may be able to mooch access via their 802.11-equipped laptops and some freely-available wireless-access points.)
So, the best way to contact me while I’m there would be via my cell phone (469/569-7421) through either text messages or voice (my plan includes 500 text messages/month, so you needn't worry about using up my allotment).
The conference center will have a trade show, and Apple or Dell or somebody will sponsor a little computer area where you can blog and check your e-mail and that sort of thing. It’s a Geek Meet. How disconnected do you think it’s going to be?
Ah, bonus :). Still, I wouldn’t want to rely on that as a means of communicating with me ;).