Human rights in a virtual world? MMOs. WoW. Second Life. GoPets. Live Gamer. This panel was discussing what types of rights people have in these types of games. Are they only “renting the objects” in the games? If they want to sell an object “what are they really selling?” Are there full trappings of ownership […]
Okay – it’s Theresa – time to pause and blog for a bit between the hours of chaos. Earlier I went into a Core Conversation meeting room all about blogging. Instead of the panel format, these are more like 6 or 7 different tables with small groups carrying on open dialogue between experts in the […]
1. He can withstand a barrage of flash photography and still keep his cool. 2. He cannot withstand an over zealous interviewer and keep his cool. 3. He plays the drums on his knees when he speaks. Or maybe he is practicing patty cake. 4. Facebook does not have a proactive approach to changing the […]
Keynote Interview with Mark Zuckerberg I couldn’t get a wireless connection during the keynote, so no live-blogging. But that’s okay, I seem to prefer to be able to collect my thoughts a bit anyway. Here’s the scoop, post-interview: I did NOT like it when they started with some chest thumping music. I had not taken […]
Everything I Know About Accessibility I Learned From Star Wars with Derek Featherstone I got to this panel a little late (thanks for nothing daylight savings time!). I walked in as Featherstone, adorned in a Jedi Robe and wielding a microphone like a lightsaber (a more civilized weapon) explaining that if you steal something, make […]
Ok, so I just got here a few mins before 10 O Clock, but I was lucky enough to find Cindy who immediately took me up to the press booth to get my credentials. My name is Sunday Udoetok and I am a grad student in Mass Communication and also taking the New Media Class […]
This was a great panel, got me rethinking something that came to me during my first SXSW experience in 2005. The panelists included people from Girlstart, MentorNet, and UT Computer Science. They discussed the long-standing problem of attracting women to math and science careers. But, as a teacher of technology in a Communications discipline, I […]