As as avid gadget lover and tremendous fan of all things Long Tail; the panel I am most interested in is Hardware Mashups: Introducing the Long Tail of Gadgets. Peter Semmelhack Founder and CEO, of Bug Labs will be leading the panel. Bug Labs takes an open-source approach to hardware that allows those without a […]

The keynote address by Frank Warren on Monday should be interesting. Frank, yes, we are on a first-name basis (not really), is the founder and curator of around 200,000 postcards mailed anonymously from all corners of the world. He has put many of the cards into books that landed on the New York Times best-seller […]

This is ALL subject to change (hey, I’m a 21st Century woman, what can I say?) but so far, this is what I’m planning on attending at SXSW Interactive 2008: 10:00 am – 11:00 am: Quit Your Day Job and Vlog This is a panel discussion by those who have done just that: stopped working […]

Upon vainly checking and rechecking my previous post for comments I realized that I left out an introduction. My name is Chris. This is my second semester as a graduate student at Texas State. I like it so far. I have a background in journalism and magazine writing. I did a stint of electronic voting training and […]

The Onion self-proclaims: “This panel will give the audience a behind the scenes look at the creative process, as well as the production and business model of the world’s most important news network.” (Emphasis mine) Child Bankrupts Make-A-Wish Foundation With Wish For Unlimited Wishes Hmm… I already loved the Onion. Now I can love the […]

This is my fourth year attending the Interactive festival and, like, my 10,000th year going out to hear music during SXSW. Lots of Austinites steer clear of downtown during this media overload, but I just think it is the best time of year. Better than Christmas or my birthday…way better. But, here’s some advice that […]

While many of these posts have focused on the Keynotes for this year’s interactive festival, or just the general enthusiasm for being able to participate, there really are some rock stars down in the details. I perused the Interactive Schedule, and there are gems throughout. First rock star, Kathy Sierra. I saw her Keynote in […]