Here at Austin, checked in and comfortable after a BBQ dinner at Ironworks.  Flights were painless – although the commuter hop from Houston to Austin was more like slam-dancing.  Very bumpy, turns out the weather got worse too because later flights were cancelled coming into parts of Texas. Got kind of lucky, I’d say, bumpy or not. SXSWi starts tomorrow, so I’ll be doing the badge pickup, registration, etc. in the morning.  Might head to a local mall here to pick up a couple of tech things (need a CF card reader, for example) but nothing really happens until about 5pm, when Zeldman and the Happy Cog crew will be talking about getting respect as a web designer.  Could be entertaining.  Then it’s on to the first of what are probably many parties, this one called Mix at Six.  A meet and greet basically.  Probably go to see Second Skin after that, a geek movie premiere.  Then depending on the status of my interactive badge, I’m hoping to get into the Film Opening Party – doubt it tho ;).