As the fourth day of SXSWi drew to a closing, an inspiring group of panelists boosted a crowded room of listeners to discuss “How To Become A Part of the New Social Captial.” We were joined by Navarrow Wright (President and CEO, Globalgrind.com), Wayne Sutton (CEO, Wayne-sutton.com), James Andrews (VP, Ketchum Interactive), Theda Sandiford (CEO, Theda […]
Choo Choo is a “steam powered garage pop” band from Switzerland who performed during SXSW. We have been in contact with them through Twitter thanks to their savvy social media skills, and have held a Twitter-view (Twitter interview) to show as an example during class. Kristin and I were sitting in the convention center and […]
An interesting discussion was held Monday morning regarding the role women take on the Web. Karen Chu(Graphic Designer, Playfirst Inc.), Laura Roeder(Principal, Roederstudios.com), Carly Kocurek (Doctoral Candidate, University of Texas), Blagica Bottigliero (Social Media Consumer Brands, Edelman) hosted the panel “Are Women Taken More Seriously On The Web,” joined by a room full of women […]
Monday morning Megan Gaiser, Sheri Graner Ray, Cindy Royal, Dee Kapila, and Joe Sanchez hosted a discussion concerning the implementation of video games into young lives. “Gaming As A Gateway Drug: Getting Girls Interested in Technology” touched on the positive side of video games in both girls and boys education and technology advancement ages kindergarten through […]
As Kristin and I searched for parking and entered the Austin Convention Center Friday afternoon, the sacred arena of SXSW Interactive, we were overwhelmed by the amount of laptops, cameras, video cameras, smart phones, (the list continues) in one given area. We met up with Dee Kapila from GirlStart as she was checking in, and […]
I recently met with Carly Kocurek who is a panelist for “Are Women Taken More Seriously On The Web?” She is a jack of all blogging trades, and we had a fun and lively chat at Cafe Mundi. She is a doctoral candidate at UT, and does freelance work for The Austinist, Rare Austin, her personal […]
Looking for a touch of tech news this morning? Well, you may have come across this information as it hit the Web yesterday, but I found some “super secret” info about Digg that you may be interested in, along with a few other news items: Tech Crunch posted an article concerning a new toolbar that Digg […]