Last weekend I sat in on a panel titled How Adaptive Design is Transforming Brands. As the name suggests, this panel was about adaptive design, but more specifically the role the fashion industry has in the drive towards accessibility and inclusion. For those that aren’t familiar with the term, adaptive design here refers to the […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation provided two days of programming for SXSW this year. The area of transportation is getting more and more attention from the private sector as technology companies look for ways to increase efficiencies and safety. #USDOTatSXSW.
Allison Shaw is one of four people speaking at SXSW’s Design for Inclusivity: How and Why to Get Started panel at this year’s conference. Although she is a fan of Star Wars and “pho forever,” while I’m a die hard Trekkie and lover of ramen—we can both agree that accessibility in design is of utmost […]
Today Astro Teller talked about how to shoot for the metaphorical moon by failing up. “I fear thoughts that fear technology. You have to approach the changing world with knowledge and confidence, not fear.” Teller talked about bringing the internet to the world with balloons designed to fail… … and self driving cars that learn […]
Can fandoms fix the gender gap in technology and computing fields? This was the question Jessica McDonald, CMO of SparkFun Electronics, asked at her Sunday SXSW Interactive panel of the same name. Fandoms are communities, often largely online, which come together in mutual admiration of various comics, anime and/or video games. They may share fan-fiction, […]
When trying to understand the many different view points on Health data being at a place like SXSW is very helpful. The panel Why HIPAA Won’t Save You covered a verity of topics ranging from the patients, the health care companies to the scientific researchers who will use this data. How to keep everyone’s health […]
“Where do great products come from?” This was one of the first questions Jon Kolko, the Founder and Director of the Austin Center for Design and Vice President of Consumer Design at Blackboard, asked the audience at his Friday-morning SXSW Interactive panel, Well-Designed: Creating Empathy Driven Products. “Is it vision? Process? Or just hard work?” He continued […]