Maira Garcia

What happens to your content after you die?

What will happen to the content you generate after you die? That was the key question behind the core conversation “Who Will Check My Email After I Die?” The conversation was moderated by John Romano of Capstrat and Matt Ludwig of mLdesign, who discussed what happens to your “digital assets” should the unexpected happen. One […]

James Powderly, an open source artist who founded Graffiti Research Lab and political activist, talked about his work Monday in his keynote address at SXSW Interactive 2009. Check out the video below to see what he said. ]

Steven Johnson and the Ecosystem of News

Steven Johnson, known best for his hyper-local community site outside.in, was a one-man show Friday at the panel “The Ecosystem of News.” His lecture, which was was full of very good analogies and metaphors regarding the news industry, began with reflection on how Johnson used to get his news on the Mac industry through the […]

Holy smack, it’s like Christmas Eve in March…SXSWi officially starts tomorrow! The team at South By Texas State is in hibernation/preparation for Interactive, which begins Friday with a few opening panels. So as you finalize your my.sxsw or sched:sxsw 2009 schedule, we are providing a few ways you can stay up-to-date with South By Texas […]

A haven for hipsters, politicos and nerds alike

There are three non-physical things I love that perhaps don’t always go hand-in-hand with my “nerd tendencies”: politics, media and fashion. However, I think that is changing considering some of the offerings at this year’s SXSWi. Interactive has a quite a political touch this year with a few panels focusing on how campaigns have changed […]

South By Morning Bits: February 18

Happy morning SXTexas State readers. The countdown continues to SXSWi, with only 22 days left until geekdom takes over Austin, Texas. Hopefully, the weather will be of equally nice in March and not hotter, which unfortunately we aren’t betting on. The Central Texas area is looking at high of 80 degress today. While we sweat […]

Can you believe there are only 23 more days until SXSW Interactive? Believe me, we can’t, because the team at South By Texas State is in a frenzy to get you the information you need to stay SXSWi savvy. OK, maybe we aren’t running in circles screaming for content, but we will start bringing you […]