South by Southwest Interactive is in full swing and we’ve been busy trying to attend as many panels & events as possible. This is truly one of those moments of living in Austin when the most innovative & ground-breaking thinkers, creators, & dreamers are here to share, grow, and build with the community.

On Day 1, we went to a panel about “Brands as Patterns” and spoke to Guy Kawasaki and Vic Gundotra of Google +. At this “Fireside Chat”, we had the chance to take the mic and ask Vic why Google won’t reveal organic inbound search terms anymore when Google users are logged in to their accounts (the Google https:// search debacle). He replied “We certainly have a few bugs to sort out, but we’re doing our best, please find me after the panel and let’s discuss”. We received a business card and are following up, hoping to get to the bottom of it!

Throughout the rest of the day we had the opportunity to attend several more panels and hung out with the folks at Oglivy Notes. We’ve included one of the Oglivy notes below from the Fireside Chat. These guys do stunning work – we’ll be sure to capture more of their note art from key discussions throughout the conference.

To top it off, we ended the night at ACL Live for a Ghostland Observatory concert – complete with one of the most amazing laser light shows ever!!