FBNY @ SXSW: Combining The Best And Worst Of CES

Day One at the South-by-Southwest Interactive Festival (SXSWi)— the biggest, most exciting gathering of bloggers, gamers, web celebrities, programmers and, of course, PR flacks, one could ever imagine. Only a smattering of the 4700+ attendees have arrived so far, but its pretty clear that this year’s event — the 14th time that SXSW has had an interactive festival in addition to the more dominant film and music festivals — will combine all the best (and worst) of the Consumer Electronics Show, TED (the invite only ‘big think’ conference for the nation’s best innovators) and BlogHer (a massive collection of influential women bloggers).

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