Friday

Preview – How Farmers Get Serious Business Done With Mobile

A first glance at the title for this panel might tempt one to think that the word “farmers” is a techie euphemism for something other than farmers … but it isn’t.  “Farmers” means “farmers” – hard work, crops, livestock, tractors, weather, harvesting, soil, long hours, … well, you get the idea.  “Business” means “business,” and “mobile” […]

So you are impatiently waiting for SXSW. We all are. The hard part comes when you have to decide which days to go, which time to be there, which panels to choose and so on. Even worse, if you have a job, you must decide which days to take off. As a media student, I […]

Mark Cuban & Avner Ronen: Pay TV vs. the Internet

Mark Cuban, owner of Dallas Mavericks and general rich guy, and Avner Ronen of Boxee duked it out on this panel about Pay TV vs. the Internet. The conversation started out contentious and stayed that way throughout, even with a break for a fire alarm (luckily it was false). Cuban’s position was that the Internet […]

Tweet House at SXSW

The Tweet House, produced by The Parnassus Group and Chevrolet, was an additional series of panels and events held at Mellow Johnny’s bike shop on Nueces, a few blocks from the main action at the convention center. I dropped by for the afternoon panel with Jim Louderback – CEO of Revision 3, Dom Sagolla – […]