2009

This excellent indie film related panel consisted of the following people: Meghan Scibona: a producer/director from Small Media Extra Large Jason Nunes: whom I recognized from a similar panel last year  a wrtier at Small Media Extra Large. Felicia Day: the creator of the web series “The Guild” Kevin Sullivan: producer Asia Minor Productions Michael […]

CUNY J-School at SXSWi Trade Show

I ran into Stephen Dougherty, a Director of Admissions and Student affairs from the CUNY graduate program in journalism, at the SXSWi trade show.  He mentioned that a colleauge of his had recently visited Texas State and was impressed with the program’s adoption of New Media. CUNY was recently in the spotlight when New York […]

Branding Entertainment: Brands Driving Content

The panel “Branding Entertainment: Brands Driving Content” took place at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday. The experience was interesting with a diverse panel of people from areas such as IFC, Youtube and the Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation who talked about filmmaking and the incorporation of brands into it. A poll was held at the beginning of […]

How Do You Measure Success??

“In a word, Digg. Ask anyone at collegehumor how many times we’ve been number 1 on Digg, 7 times.” Ricky Van Veen (collegehumor.com)

People in Texas have been hearing for years that Austin is the place in Texas for technology, but what about one of the top tech places to be in the country?  The panel “Ditch the Valley, Run for the Hills” covered a healthy discussion of why people with start-ups in mind should look at Silicon […]

Has Privacy Been Ruptured by New Technologies?

  When was the last time you googled your own name? Ever worried that a potential employer may glance at your facebook or myspace? With all of the recent technological advancements and the growing presence of social networks, the line between what is public and private information has become increasingly blurred. This was the topic […]