I’m trying to decide if I can go to SXSW in March. I had a blast last year but this time I’m paying for it out of pocket which makes it a little bit tougher of a decision. I’m also torn because I’d really like my wife Aeryn to go as well (she’s a blogger, it makes sense!) but it’ll cost more, naturally. While the panels are decent, the real magic at these events is meeting people, hanging out and just soaking in the energy of the thing. Sure, by the last day your ready to get the hell out of dodge but I had a boat load of fun laster time and seeing all the hype about Blog World Expo is making me want to go even more. I hate having missed BWE! I’m going to be there next year for sure.

There’s no doubt it’ll be a good time. But I’m trying to debate if going is the best use of my money and my time. I’m very much in the mode where I want to make my money work for me the best way possible. But I also don’t get to travel much and where I am there isn’t a lot of people in the dot com / web 2.0 type crowd. My pal Steve has offered to let me crash in his hotel (right across from the convention center!) so I’d just need the ticket and and air fair. About $600 ish and then food, which is about like anywhere else. I’d be spending that money anyway. The only travel I’d need would be to/from the airport and that’s not much. If Aeryn goes we’d need our own hotel and while she’s into blogging, and I know she’d have a blast at the parties, I don’t know that meeting a bunch of web geeks is exactly her thing.

So, I need to decide if I’m going and if I’m going to take Aeryn. Anyone else out there going to SXSW?

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