Southwest Technology & Computer Conference Again

By Bayle Emlein

Even if you live really close to San Diego you’ve already missed the 19th Annual Southwest Technology & Computer Conference “Fun in the Sun and Computers, Too.” But it’s not too early to start planning for next year.

The contents have changed (in 1992, who know about tablets and social networking?) but the format has remained the same: gather at a conference hotel in San Diego and spend three days networking face-to-face with peers and vendors, ask the questions that are never dumb, find out about stuff you didn’t know you need, and eat. Not necessarily in that order. 

Back in the pre-Google/Amazon era when there were many local computer shows in addition to CES and Comdex (are you old enough to remember them?) that supported workshops and training sessions as well as a vendor expo. When the San Diego Computer Show went away Southwest Computer Conference took on the role and is still leading users out of hardware and software tangles and into the latest pre-release announcements.

A place in the sun (as soon as the morning fog burns off) for all of us who want to be proactive on our own digital behalf.

And here's a news flash just in:: The Southwest Computer & Technology Conference will moved to the north end of Los Angeles in 2013.