Milwaukee at SXSW Interactive!

Listen: When most people think of SXSW, the first thing that comes to mind is either music or partying. However, for some people, SXSW is a mess of ideas, technology, digital strategy, social media, and partying. And while there are a cadre of Milwaukee bands driving to Austin in the next couple of days, the Brew City flag has been flying high at the interactive session.

I managed to gather a few of Milwaukee’s tech/creative/social media community all-stars Tim (@teecycletim), Tracy (@tapps), Kevin (@KeVroN), Brian (@bartka), Derek(@ddysart), and Mike (@rohdesign) to talk about SXSW and how it feels to be Milwaukeeans in Big Bad Austin (hint — they feel great):

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Bonus! Mike Rohde joined the group a little late, but he still had some fascinating things to say. Listen to Mike’s ruminations on SXSW Interactive and being from Milwaukee:

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Stay tuned for more from these cats and the piece we’ll be putting together for the Milwaukee Beer and Brats Bash. I’m taking a short break after their wonderful party, and I can’t wait to get to that tape.

(Hey, I bet you can’t tell that I was sitting at a table in a super busy conference center when I recorded the voice over for this… everybody around me was really confused by what I was doing.)