For the first time since the project was created, SXTXState participants had the opportunity to sit down with a few members of the SXSW Interactive team. Director Hugh Forrest, Senior Festival Programmer Sarah Garcia and Festival Coordinator Andrew McNeill provided insight into this year’s festival, and offered advice for event newcomers and veterans alike. According […]
Andrew McNeill went to director Hugh Forrest to propose adding a sports track to SXSWi. His proposal was approved and 2012 will be the first year for SXSWi to have a track dedicated to everything sports. While there have been sports panels in the past, the new sports track will allow sports media professionals, athletes […]
I spent about an hour last week at the SXSWi offices interviewing Interactive producer Shawn O’Keefe, Andrew McNeill, John Nemec, Tammy Lynn Gilmore, and Christine Auten. Here is what they had to say one week before SXSWi.