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I hadn’t realized how heavy a presence 3pointD’s sponsors, the Electric Sheep Company, would have at this year’s South by Southwest Interactive conference until I read Jerry’s post yesterday describing what they’re doing here. For one thing, they’re going to stream the Screenburn conference-within-a-conference on games and virtual worlds, at which both Jerry and myself are moderating panels, into the virtual world of Second Life. That’s nice stuff for anyone unable to attend, since it’s (relatively) easy to grab a free Second Life account, teleport over to »Sheep Island«, and watch the fun. The Sheep will also have a booth at the Screenburn expo on Saturday and Sunday, where Adam Pasick, the Second Life correspondent for Reuters (a Sheep client) will be conducting some interviews. Check it out.

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I’m scurrying around this morning getting what ducks I can in a row before leaving for a 1:35pm JetBlue flight from JFK to Austin and South by Southwest. (I’m in seat 12B; say hi!) Might blog from the airport if I have time, but for now I just want to wave to anyone who’ll be there (or who won’t) and invite you to Twitter me if anything interesting is going on or you just want to meet up for a chat; I’d love to hear from you. As noted previously, I’m moderating a Screenburn panel on Monday at 11:30am on user-created content in online games and virtual worlds, featuring Raph Koster, Betsy Book, Corey Bridges and Reuben Steiger, so of course I’m hoping we get a good crowd for that — and bring your challenging questions. There are a couple of panels I want to check out, as well as Philip Torrone and Limor Fried’s keynote, which promises to be weird and wooly, if I know that pair. But mostly I think I’ll be wandering the halls, hoping to get a few good geeksleeps in, handing out my new Moo cards to anyone who wants one, and looking for interesting people to talk to and maybe even write about. John Swords and I may try to catch a couple of people and revive our short-lived podcast, the Metaverse Sessions, so let us know if you have anything interesting to talk about. Other than that? Who know. See you in Texas.