Better blogs from South by Southwest festival

Birmingham's only professional blogger Pete Ashton gives his video blog account from the world's biggest digital media festival, South by Southwest in Austin, Texas.

He is one of six people from the West Midlands attending the festival which brings together people from all aspect of new media from around the world to find out about the latest technology and trends of the future.

Pete Ashton says the experience will help the West Midlands take the lead in exploiting the potential of digital media.