SXSW Startup Village, part of the Interactive conference, brings together entrepreneurs, startups and investors in the Hilton Austin Downtown. This space houses the SXSW Interactive Accelerator, startup-themed panels and meetups, lounges, pitch events and mentoring/coaching sessions. I had the privilege of chatting with Dr. Bob Metcalfe, professor of innovation at the University of Texas, about the […]
Sources in the Social Media Age Saturday, March 9 9:30AM – 10:30AM Austin Convention Center, Room 12AB The use of social media as a source has become a massive trend. In the United States 55 percent of journalists use platforms like Twitter and Facebook as sources, 75 percent use them in the UK. Although this […]
Hooking Up Happier: Design Insight from Grindr Saturday, March 9 | 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Austin Convention Center Room 10AB Hooking up and gaming technology: do these subjects have any immediate relation to you? I’ll take a wild guess and say probably not. Jaime Woo aims to solidify that connection at this year’s SXSW Interactive […]
SXSW Gaming Expo Friday, March 8 – Sunday, March 10 Palmer Events Center Calling all gamers! This is your chance to revel in the many, wonderful free activities that will be offered at this year’s SXSW Gaming Expo. Year after year, the Expo has gotten bigger and better. And this year is no different. Gaming […]
Designing for Real-Time Marketing Saturday, March 9 5:45PM – 6:00PM Hilton Austin Downtown After the Super Bowl, more people were talking about the Oreo ad that popped up during the 34-minute blackout than ads that cost millions of dollars. This incident flawlessly illustrates real-time marketing and events like this are causing people in the industry […]
How many of your relationships in your social networks do you consider true relationships? In today’s world, this is becoming normal; friendships, marriages, job opportunities now rely on the creation of a profile or strong social network. There are several great panels on how to utilize these new tools and how to sift through networks […]
Citizen journalism is nothing new; it has But it was during the Arab Spring in early 2011 that this phenomenon became an undeniable force in our media landscape. Jim Frederick, editor of Time International, says he had been aware of citizen journalism for many years, but the Arab Spring really made him sit up and […]