Well, I made it through volunteering for my first SXSW. I was on the conference tech crew for the interactive festival. What this really means: I sat in the room for the panels and made sure that the presenters could hook their laptops up to the projector (when it’s a mac, we sometimes need to call in the Dongle Squad), and that the levels were good on the sound board. It was nice to get to sit in on the talks; I saw some cool new concepts and heard a few thought-provoking arguments.