technology

Preview: If Content Is King, Who is Sheriff?

Kristina Eastham a digital strategist at Digitaria, a digital strategy agency, described her panel inspiration coming from talking about how technology changes our language. She described this as “a kind of boring topic.” At SXSW this topic is anything but. As a veteran SXSW panelist she will moderate the panel “If Content Is King, Who […]

Preview - Disaster: The Future of Crisis Communications

Disaster: The Future of Crisis Communications Friday, March 8 3:30PM – 4:30PM Austin Convention Center Room 9ABC Lieutenant Ana Visneski has dealt with many of the major water related disasters Mother Nature has thrown our way in recent years. She has served as Public Information Officer for numerous Hurricane disasters and has designed and provided crisis […]

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]

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 […]

SXTXState Interview with Bob Metcalfe at SXSW 2012

Internet pioneer, Ethernet inventor, entrepreneur, and now UT professor, Bob Metcalfe, entertained SXSW attendees for an hour with his newest goal of trying to “make Austin a better Silicon Valley” through his “One Semester Startup” course at the University of Texas.