Next Thursday we’re headed to Austin, Texas, for South by Southwest Interactive, where we’ll meet all sorts of new, interesting, brilliantly weird and awesome individuals. In this week’s video I wanted to highlight four Twitter friends that I’m excited to meet in real life: @mediaphyter, @tedmurphy, @k_to_the_t and @brian_allen. (Brian lives here in Des Moines, but somehow we haven’t crossed paths yet. I’ll find you, Brian!)

If you’re attending SXSW, who are you fired up to meet? Make your own video, and drop a link to it in the comments below!