2009

Notes and Commentary on "Ur Blog Sux and Print is Dead"

Ur Blog Sux and Print is Dead, with Ben Huh, CEO of I Can Has Cheezburger? and FAIL Blog, Christian Lander Writer of Stuff White People Like, Kerry Miller of passiveaggressivenotes.com, Heather Armstrong President of Blurbodoocery Inc. and Ana Marie Cox National Correspondent for Air America, brought laughs and insight to the crowd gathered in […]

Marketing Meets New Media: Building Your Audience Online

Moderator Scott Kirsner (Editor, CinemaTech) led the discussion on how to effectively build a brand online. Panelists included Burnie Burns (Rooster Teeth Productions), Markos Moulitsas (founder/publisher, Daily Kos), Brett Gaylor (filmmaker, RiP), Jonathan Coulton (singer/songwriter) and Natasha Wescoat (artist/blogger, Natasha Wescoat Inc). Each panelist described the techniques and resources they used to establish and maintain […]

Are PR Agencies a Dying Breed?

Moderator Karly Hand (Owner, Karly Hand) started the panel asking members of the audience what PR questions they wanted answered. Panelists Erin Portman (Consultant, Erin Portman PR), Brain Solis (PR 2.0) and Peter Shankman (president, HARO) introduced themselves by giving a brief description on what they do in the world on PR. Most of the discussion […]

Mark Bristol from Id Software was kind enough to sit down for a short interview following the From Framing Shots to Pushing Pixels: Crossing Between Film and Video Games panel.  Mark has worked as a storyboard artist on over 40 films, including a personal all-time favorite, Memento. Mark also shared some anecdotes about working with […]

On the final day of this year’s SXSWi I sat down for a quick chat with Rodney Gibbs from Fizz Factor, which is located in the heart of Austin.  Gibbs moderated a panel called From Framing Shots to Pushing Pixels: Crossing Between Film and Video Games, which I had personally been looking forward to for […]

Social Networks Will Be Like Air

Charlene Li is an independent thought leader on emerging technolgies. Her panel focused on social technologies, interactive media, marketing  and the future of social networks. She has written on the topic in her blog, “The Altimeter ,” and the book she co-authored, “Groundswell: Winning In A World Transformed By Social Technologies.” “Social networks will be like air,” […]

Texas’ own Robert Rodriguez teamed up with Henry Selick in a conversation with UT film professor Charles Ramirez-Berg to talk about the latest in 3D technology. The packed meeting room had as many interactive attendees as film attendees and they were treated to some great interactive type techno-tips.