5 people you have to meet at SXSW this week

Posted by Justin Goldsborough | 0 comments

Mar 08, 13

SXSW is an incredible experience. But it can be a bit overwhelming at times. However, if you focus on meeting the five people below you’ll leave Austin with:

• Several new friends
• Renewed sense of direction
• Smartphone with full battery
• Colored bracelet collection that would make any 5-year-old jealous
• Full, potentially queasy stomach

1. The Networker

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• Characteristics:
  • Will walk up and talk to anyone, including a walking, talking phone.
  • Looks you in the eye when talking to you, not over your head at the next person he plans to talk to.
  • This person is a connector, who spends as much time introducing others as talking about himself.
• Find him:
  • In the Samsung Blogger Lounge.

2. The Geo-locator

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• Characteristics:
  • Must have a smartphone with a maps application on it, even if name is Lewis or Clark.
  • Doesn’t have a bit of Clark Griswold in him; IOW will admit when he’s lost.
  • When you mention Foursquare, he pulls out his smart phone, not a large rubber ball and a box of sidewalk chalk.
• Find him:
  • Walking to non-Convention Center session venues. Everybody knows where the Convention Center is.

3. The Power Courier

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• Characteristics:
  1. Carries multiple chargers, including those that are USB connection friendly.
  2. Offers a way for you to charge your phone, iPad or computer while on the move (e.g. a jacket with plugins or a wireless charger pad).
  3. Never bogarts an outlet for an extended period of time and can always find an outlet at a restaurant or bar.
• Find him:
  • Near an outlet, right?

4. The Party Planner

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• Characteristics:
  1. Registered for every SXSW party you’ve heard of and a few you haven’t.
  2. Rocks free drink wrist gear like their friendship or snap bracelets.
  3. Always on the VIP list and can get you in…sometimes.
• Find him:
  • At the front of the line.

   

5. The Food Truck Connoisseur

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• Characteristics:
  1. Starts talking about food trucks every night about 10 p.m.
  2. Starts talking about how awesome the Korean tacos were the night before every morning by 10 a.m.
  3. Always buys an extra taco or whatever the food truck is selling. Says it’s for a friend, but secretly plans to eat it himself.
• Find him:
  • Third, Fourth, Fifth or Sixth Street. After midnight. Tacos in hand.