The annual Consumer Electronics Shows gets all the attention but if you really want to put your finger on the pulse of the media world you need to head to South by Southwest.

For the past two dozen years some of the world’s most tech savvy people in music, film and development--idea people, every one- have gathered in Austin, Texas to talk shop. They have brought their notebooks, shared ideas, envisioned new devices and new ways to make and store and create the things we love today.