2010

Journalism Next with Mark Briggs

Mark Briggs from Serra Media calls his book “Journalism Next” a guidebook for digital reporting and publishing. Briggs was at SXSWi Tuesday morning to get journalists headed on the right track. “This isn’t the end of journalism,” Briggs said. “Instead, it’s an explosion of journalism – just in different forms.” Briggs made several key points […]

Last day of SXSWi....

The last day of SXSWi was completely relaxed, with more attendees taking their time to sit, surf the web, and drink a cup a coffee before the panels began. As the morning progressed, rainy weather didn’t stop many people from crossing the streets – many without umbrellas – to attend their panels of choice at […]

Design for the Dark Side

At some point in a designer’s career he or she will be faced with the task of designing a piece that is a little more on the darker side of things. Ben Fullerton from IDEO, Rachel Abram from Turnstone Consulting, Jason Nunes from Small Media Extra Large and Liam Young from Tomorrow’s Thoughts Today all addressed […]

Lee Brenner

Need scroll bars and buttons to make your site make sense? Not according to Lee Brenner, Principal designer for thirteen 23 in Austin Texas. Brenner is challenging   software designers and developers to create intuitive user interface constructs to not just guide the user through buttons that act as stop and go signs but, rather, enveloping concepts […]

Steven Masur on ISP Licensing

ISP licensing is a controversial topic. It essentially would apply the same fees that ASCAP charges bars and restaurants for music to people downloading music on the internet. In a book reading at SXSWi on Tuesday, Steven Masur talked about the options involving ISP licensing. One option is putting $1 fee on cell phone bill […]