Ten things that I took from SXSWi this year:

• “Mobile” is becoming the new “web 2.0″
• People listen a lot better than you might think they do.
• Apple knows how to make its presence know, without officially doing it.
• Large is most popular t-shirt size at geek-centric conferences.
• The use of the words “analog” and “physical” is now necessary prefixes when describing actual objects.
• People are still impressed with a well-done letter-pressed business card.
• Not all the “cool kids” live in New York.
• Just because you are a “VIP” for an event it doesn’t mean you can get in to it.
• 80′s retro is still chic.
• Everyone loves a good meme.