2014

Preview: The Power Of Failure: The Hidden Side Of Success

Everyone wants to be successful. We all have our different versions of success, financial, emotional, or physical. And we all have our role models for whom we identify what success is. We try and emulate them to achieve that success. But what if you had the opportunity to meet your role model of success and […]

Preview: Cloud Robotics: Instant Scalability & Capability

“Do you have a minute to talk about robots?” is probably not a question one is accustomed to hearing. But when you’re looking into the future of technology, robots are certainly an area of interest. At SXSWi the concepts of the future are quickly becoming reality. One panel, Cloud Robotics: Instant Scalability & Capability will […]

Preview: Status Update - Attention & Celebrity in Tech

Date: Monday, March 10 2014 Time: 10.30-10.50am Location : Austin Convention Center, Ballroom G, 500 E Cesar Chavez St Social media has become a part of our everyday norm. Although some may prefer Facebook to Twitter or Instagram to Pinterest, it is rare these days, to find someone who is not connected to some sort […]

Preview: Maxed Out! A Creative Director’s Memoir

Date: Saturday, March 8, 2014 Time: 10am-10.40am Location : Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D Foyer, 500 E Cesar Chavez St “How does she do it?” Women all over the world ask themselves this question when they see their female colleagues juggling what is now considered normal everyday life – building a career, being a mother […]

Preview: The Real Art & Economics of Ghostwriting

Date: Monday, March 10, 2014 Time: 11am-12pm Location: Omni Downtown, Lone Star, 700 San Jacinto Almost everyone at some point has thought to themselves, “I should write a book”. It also seems that every other celebrity out there is either in the midst of or has already published a biography or memoir of their own. […]

Preview: The Next Mobile Experience to Debut at SXSW 2014

By Melody Mendoza Are you bored with the current mobile experience? Have you ever wondered why the screen is box-shaped? Can you imagine a better, non-traditional mobile experience? These were the questions Sung Kim was asking himself last year. Then, he had an idea of a new mobile experience. He was looking at the wideframe […]

Preview: Do Consumers Really Care About Online Privacy?

By Melody Mendoza Blair Reeves, product leader of IBM Digital Analytics, doesn’t think so. Even though the broadcasted message coming out of the privacy debate is that online users are concerned about privacy online, Reeves said the reality is actually that the public at large is not. “That’s what’s misleading about the privacy argument,” Reeves […]