Wow. The response to the notion of SxDS has been many things.

• Awesome
• Humbling
• Scary
• Encouraging
• Diverse

Based on the diversity of the comments (and of the potential areas of interest), it’s become apparent that we’re looking at the same name (and logo) with different degrees and layers of expectations.

So — tell us:

• What do you want to get out of SxDS?
• What size groups are your ideal for interaction?

That will go a long way in determining how much help we’ll need in putting this together, how much sponsor help we might need to solicit…

My original vision was somewhere between Blogger Social and SxSW — WAY closer to the Blogger Social end of things.  What we might end up with are five “Blogger Social” style unconferences going on in the same city, with ample crossover opportunities.  The PR/Marketing people, the Web Development people, the Code People — we all can coexist, as long as we don’t assume that everyone wants to sit through the same sessions.

LA meaning Louisiana, of course.

And Kentucky, and the Carolinas.

No slight was intended with the graphic. I threw it together very quickly this afternoon, using whatever base graphics I had at hand. (In fact, the whole ball started rolling at 1:30pm when I purchased the domain — BIG props to Wordpress for letting us get this far this fast!)

So — Southerners of all stripes are welcome. (and non-Southerners too, provided they pay the Carpetbagger Fee.)

I’m certainly open to ideas and submissions.

I knocked that little gif together in just a few minutes using GIMP.  (For those who think it was a hacked MS Paint job, look again.  That’s a gif with graduated transparency…)

Anyway - we’re happy to showcase something exciting.  Email them!

We now have a logo. And a Twitter Account.

Follow us at http://twitter.com/sxds