Cartoon by Rob Cottingham via ReadWriteWeb

If you're American, as most of my blog audience appears to be, you've probably never heard of North By Northeast, the Toronto counterpart to the well known South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. Well, counterpart as far as music, film and art go. When it comes to tech, NXNE is totally lacking, whereas SXSW is strong and hearty.

This could change in the next year or so. It's been suggested (by myself and likely others as well) that NXNE is missing out by not including tech as part of the festival. When I sent in a suggestion to add a "NXNE Interactive" for 2010, the response I received was very positive, and with luck we might just see the Interactive segment this year (although that's probably unlikely, given there's only three months to go).

If you'd like to see NXNE add an Interactive feature to the festival, give 'em a shout and let them know. And if you're currently at SXSW, check out the music party they're hosting on Thursday (details on the NXNE website).