2012

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Christopher Groskopf, lead developer of the 2011 Knight News Challenge winning PANDA Project, was here at SXSW Interactive showcasing a demo of the newsroom data appliance. Groskopf talked with me about how the PANDA Project looks to solve the problem of knowledge management in newsrooms.

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iPad Theater panel discussing their movie Holy Hell

The lines have blurred between different forms of media with the integration of interaction and traditional forms of media in particular, the integration of film and interactive media. The film Holy Hell made a innovative step towards blending movies and viewers’ experience by becoming the first film to premier content as an iPad app. “We […]

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Downloaded: An Interview with Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning

The founders of Napster, Sean Parker (you know, Justin Timberlake played him in the social network) and Shawn Fanning, spoke on the first day of the SXSW Music Conference.   [<a href=”http://storify.com/cindyroyal/d” target=”_blank”>View the story “Downloaded: The Sean Parker & Shawn Fanning Interview” on Storify</a>]

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Synopsis: High On Line: Applying Psychology to Web Design

#sxsw #Sxbrain Jason Hreha, Behavior designer, co-founder of Dopamine and UX Advisor of fortune 500 companies, presented on the topic of engagement behavior. He began his presentation by briefing audience members on the topic of psychology and web design and gave ample examples of authors and contributors of this area (i.e. Robert Cialdmi’s book of […]

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Walking into this panel, one would have expected a round-robin discussion amongst the five panelists about new technologies that incorporate dance and tech, yet the panel consisted of an advanced discussion about two projects. The first project in cooperation with the Guerrilla Dance Project was the Rolling Stones, and the second project was Danceroom-Spectroscopy, which […]

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Fisher and Richards talking about videogames for kids

Zombies, guns and explosions are things one might associate with the videogame Left4Dead, but these cooperative types of videogames share similar qualities as videogames for children. Videogames created for kids focus primarily on child development and can be used as a means supplement learning. According to Anne Richards, No Crusts Interactive, games for kids should […]