South by what?

It's that time of year again for, as 'Wired' puts it "annual media convergence megafest" that invades Austin every year.  The South by Southwest Festival's website offers miles of text and pics describing which films, bands, and interactive elements will be offered.  As the sometimes under-itilized technology tools have allowed, you can get a lot of great content just from the website's 'toolbox'.  Which offers a ton of ways to be there, without being there.  And if there's not enough there, you can get some additional insights, especially about the film components from our friends at Spout.com.  So go, listen, watch, read, enjoy...and maybe even download a podcast or two...be the tech-savvy diverse content master you fancy yourself.

- brett vantil