Ready Blog

I am at SXSWi or South By SouthWest in Austin, TX this weekend. An annual geek fanboy/girl conference with panels on technology, community building, design and all things related to online interactivity. The latest focus spins alot of information on building communities. Both offline and online. How do the two interact? If you meet first in one venue, how do you transfer the relationship to the other. Nice questions and I am learning rapidly.

Two other technology things of interest right away. Technology solves problems, only when it is available. And used. I have been playing with FAST or http://www.firstalerttext.com/ this past couple of weeks. It worked great last week when I quickly received a notice about a weather alert in my area. My interest of course is if it will stand during a major technology onslaught during a disaster. The premise is there, now it needs more implementation by multiple groups. Check it out, especially if you are a parent and want alerts from your children’s school.

The second is redundancy hit me again. Need back up batteries and more than one major source of power for digital devices. I am constantly dragging around adapters, cords and looking for recharge stations as I work off my laptop, cell and others throughout the day. I am always open to suggestions on ways to slim down my backpack and still have the necessities for work and safety. Ooof… my shoulder hurts already!