What does a degree mean anymore to a potential employer? What does a degree mean to the person holding it? Is there a better way to showcase the skills a student possesses than a piece of paper, a resume, a GPA and the name of the university he or she attended?
Imagine being at a club. Sweaty bodies are pounding to heavy beats, drinks are flowing freely and blaring lights both surround and blind you. The ringleader in a scenario like this is usually a DJ in a booth with a mass of equipment that most people cannot refer to by name. Jan Jongboom’s SXSW Interactive […]
Meet ups at SXSW are a way to make connections and talk with like-minded Interactive attendees. At the Virtual Reality: The Apocalyptic Scenario Meet Up, Jeremy Dalton, Digital and Emerging Technologies Consultant, wants to meet people that want to talk VR – the good, the bad and the doomsday ugly. The meet up session will look […]
At the Waste Management Phoenix Open, the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale is one of the loudest holes in all of golf. Loudest? Didn’t you say golf? Yes. And thanks to the PGA Tour’s fantastic digital team, you can experience it for yourself. Sloane Kelley, Content Director for PGA Tour digital properties, is the woman responsible […]
Are you an educator? Have you ever wanted to implement ideas in Education Technology? Candace Flaherty, from Mobility Labs Inc., strives to bring “teacher voice” into the design process for developing EdTech. In this panel, Flaherty explained how ed tech developers can incorporate “teacher voice,” or teacher input, into the design process. Mobility Labs Inc. collaborates with their […]
This year, VR is more accessible than ever for consumers. Music creators and fans are exploring the possibilities. I spoke with Marc Scarpa, executive producer and director at Simply New, about an upcoming panel he will be speaking on with several others. This panel will explore the optimal tech, the right visual and audio approaches, and […]
The Hackaday Prize is an award handed out each year since 2014 by Hackaday to designers who craft innovative solutions to problems. In the prize’s first year over 800 designers competed for recognition. Last year, that number grew to almost 1,000. The most recent batch of winning ideas will be discussed at an upcoming SXSW […]