Become the CEO your parents always wanted you to marry. -Whitney Wolfe Herd Whitney Wolfe Herd is the founder of Bumble, a dating app where women make the first move. After alleging sexual harassment and discrimination with Tinder (she wishes no ill will on anyone in the company), Wolfe broke away from the popular dating […]
Maxwell McMaster is an artist based out of Los Angeles. He teamed up with Dropbox to illustrate one of their daily murals on Saturday, March 10. The idea behind this Dropbox Live Mural: Activism Through Art, is for two artists to meet up and collaborate on creating a mural together. Two new artists meet every day […]
Today started off with Hugh Forrest, the Chief Programming Officer of SXSW, welcoming everyone to SXSW. This was the official first day, and it was full of various things to do across the entire city. His opening remarks included some housekeeping items, like safety regulations and reporting any suspicious activity you see at the festival. […]
Samantha Snabes spoke at the “The Future is Garbage: 3D Printing From Recycled Plastic” panel on Friday, March 9. Snabes is the co-founder and CEO of re:3D, a company that emphasizes the effective use of 3D printing, and ways to make it available to those in developing countries. Their flagship technology is the Gigabot, a more […]
Authors: Alexandra White & Sean Smith 47.3 Million U.S. Adults Have Access to a Smart Speaker, Report Says The number of smart speaker users has grown to 20% of the U.S. adult population in just two years. Smart speaker use has grown exponentially faster than its digital counterparts, like television use and even internet use. Amazon […]
John S. Couch is the Vice President of UX and Design at Hulu(hulu.com). With a rich background in entertainment, Couch has worked with companies like eBay and CBS, and is also fluent in Japanese. He’s lived in places all over the world including Europe and Japan, until he made his home in California. He will […]
Agnes Pyrchla works for Frog Design and wears many hats while at work. She is a design researcher, systems thinker, and business strategist. She is passionate about solving problems with her clients and uses her ability to make things feel more achievable. She has a plethora of experience and is very excited about maintaining respect […]