Kiana Fitzgerald

Cosplay SXSW, image courtesy of Evil Pastry

SXSW Gaming Expo Friday, March 8 – Sunday, March 10 Palmer Events Center Calling all gamers! This is your chance to revel in the many, wonderful free activities that will be offered at this year’s SXSW Gaming Expo. Year after year, the Expo has gotten bigger and better. And this year is no different. Gaming […]

WWE

I had the opportunity to discuss the ins and outs of the upcoming SXSW Interactive panel, Get Ready to Rumble! How WWE is Crushing Social TV, with panel strategist Jason Hoch. Hoch is the senior vice president of Customer Strategy & Product Marketing at social marketing development company Echo, which has a hand in facilitating the WWE’s dominance […]

SXSW Trade Show, Photo Courtesy of Merrick Ales

SXSW Trade Show Sunday, March 10 – Wednesday, March 13 Austin Convention Center Exhibit Halls 3 & 4 The SXSW Trade Show can seem daunting at first glance for those of us that have never attempted to navigate its inner workings before. Fortunately, I have a few tips from Trade Show expert Morgan Catalina, who […]

Healthcare Ad Agency Abelson Taylor

Is Social Media Making Us Sick? Monday, March 11 | 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Sheraton Austin – Capitol View North 701 East 11th St As evidenced by increasing research, observations and personal experiences alike, social media is increasingly impacting the lives of users who engage in it on a regular basis. The question is, […]

Weekly News Roundup

Only six weeks remain until the SXSW Interactive festival takes over downtown Austin. We’re here to keep you up-to-date about the latest news in panel discussions, tech developments, and social media issues. [View the story “Weekly News Roundup: Jan. 20-26, 2012” on Storify]

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 […]