January 2013

Preview: Backyard to Brand: Maker Culture for Business

Ideas can be created anytime and anywhere. From doodling your thoughts on a napkin to creating a new and innovative startup in  own garage. However, many people don’t know how to take it to the next level and get brands to play a role. Jameson Young, otherwise known as Jamie, is familiar with and enjoys […]

austin music map screenshot

KUT-FM’s Austin Music Map From Argentine tango to marching bands in canoes, music permeates every facet of life in Austin, often in unexpected ways. KUT-FM’s Austin Music Map combines digital audio and video, data and mapping, radio broadcast and user generated content to explore Austin’s eclectic music scene. Lead Producer Delaney Hall calls it a […]

Social media trafficking company Union Metrics.

How Twitter Has Changed How We Watch TV Saturday, March 9 | 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Austin Convention Center Room 18ABCD Unless you’ve been living under a rock, it’s become pretty close to impossible to avoid social media. Whether you just see a hashtag pop up on the screen in the middle of your favorite […]

Martine Syms, publisher for Dominica.

Black Vernacular: Reading New Media Sunday, March 10 | 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Austin Convention Center Room 6AB The Black race and media in the United States have had a somewhat muddled relationship ever since Americans began consuming content through media of their choosing. Since the popular, yet racist radio show from decades ago, Amos […]

Will Turnage, VP of Innovation and Technology at R/GA.

Brainstorming Technology First Saturday, March 9 | 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Will Turnage works at advertising agency R/GA, but his panel will cover technology. He admits that a tech panel isn’t what you expect from the Art and Inspiration category at SXSW Interactive. “But that’s kind of the point,” says Turnage. He’s excited about the […]