Ryan Stewart

iPad: The Second Coming of the CD-ROM SXSWi 2012

On Monday Morning, first session of the day at South by Southwest Interactive, March 12 9:30am for all those who couldn’t attend the festival, an awe inspiring discussion occurred between four professionals battle tested in the ever evolving digital market. The panel’s experience ranged from one of the nation’s first interactive agencies back in the […]

SXSWi Aftermath: Social Creation with Adam of Mowgli Games

Startup Village Accelerator Alternate Mowgli Games is soon to release their latest application (Songster) during South by Southwest, the social phenomena they are preaching is what makes this content worth watching. “Songster” is a Facebook application which empowers end-users with music remixing tools. Users participating in this “Social Creation” activity develop pieces of work from […]

Can Gaming Make the World Better?

To kick off this Sunday morning of SXSWi, all those with altruist concerns congregated for the enlightening panel called “Can Gaming Make the World a Better Place?”. This panel was a must-see for I feel a strong, magnanimous aclivity for any person or organization working to improve the world and not just their bank accounts. […]

Preview: The iPad - The Second Coming of the CD-ROM

This year with so many panels and events going on simultaneously, it is easy to overlook or miss a panel of great value/importance. On Monday March 12th, “The iPad: The Second Coming of the CD-ROM” is a SXSWi panel any digital user or producer should not miss. When the CD-ROM became mainstreamed in 1985, the […]

Top 5 SXSWi Gaming Panels: Calling all Gamers!

Once considered “unhip” and “nerdy”, gaming has soared on the gust of innovation created by the ever-expanding web 2.0 bubble. “Gaming is similar to writing, in that both are private, creative activities very different to watching films or reading books, which involve less input,” says Play-write Lucy Prebble in a Telegraph article by Nick Collins. […]