“Rawking” SXSW
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I strongly believe that when you start to lose focus and direction in life, a journey is really one of the best ways to get back that sense of balance and structure, which was the main reason that I decided that this was the year I needed to experience SXSW!
When I left Toronto, it looked like this…
...and when I landed in Dallas, it looked like this…
hmmm…
However, Austin was beautiful while I was there, and I had an excellent time at the conference.
I am not a Dooce fan, but I thought that the panel Heather did with Maggie was one of the best ones I attended! It was well thought out and presented, and the content was sincere and helpful.
(sorry for the horrible pic)
Wendy and Darren Rowse were part of a panel on making money online, and I learnt quite a few things from that session, which is good, especially since I basically killed my money-making-web-development-business for a few months! Affiliate programs were discussed a fair amount, so I think I might be trying that out a little more but only with products that I actually like and think will be beneficial to you all.
One of the most anticipated sessions, an interview with Mark Zuckerberg totally sucked, actually, totally-painful-to-watch is probably a better way to describe it!
Remember the sock-camera-case, well here is the proof…
updated to add: this is NOT me! 
she’s the girl with the sock!!
In other news, I don’t know if I look really looked that young, but every time I told anyone that I had 3 kids, I had to immediately follow it up with my age, because I got the “what??? did you start having kids when you were 13??” look!
When I left, I felt much more centered and relaxed, and since I love sunrises and sunsets, especially when I can experience either from the ocean or a high altitude, I’ll leave you with this…
