Saturday

The Millennials: Empowering a Modern Workforce

As millennials start to enter and overtake the workforce, it’s become more evident that times have changed. With digital media and technology evolving at a rapid pace, and new jobs forming everyday, it’s time employers embraced these millennials and the positive attributes they possess. In “The Millennials: Empowering a Modern Workforce,” Anne Dwane, chief business […]

Physics Education in Gaming

The Kerbal Space Academy uses the  game Kerbal Space Program and Twitch TV to inspire creativity and give a basic knowledge of physics. Their goal is to encourage the gaming community to be curious and learn. Here at the gaming expo at SXSW there are many unique takes on how to present games and what […]

Old Game, New Tricks: What's the Future of Golf?

“Over the last 24 months all you have heard is ‘the sky is falling’ when it comes to golf. Golf has lost nearly five million players over the past 10 years,” explained panelist Charlie Kautz. Though golf seems to be in a tough place right now, all of the panelist believe that there is a […]

Civics & Superheroes

Stories are powerful, just how and why all depends on the story . Christian Blauvelt is the Deputy Editor for Culture at the BBC. Christian’s thoughts on the new mainstream of comic book movies have a lot to do with the messaging in each film and what comments each of them make about our society. They […]

Preview: Screw 'Fuck No,' Say 'Shit Yeah!'

“‘Shit Yeah’ is 2015’s ‘Fuck No’ but with more ‘YOLO.’” Michael Nieling is a designer, educator, father, dog owner, and full-time spaz. He is the creative director at Ocupop—an agency of creatives, graphic designers, Web designers, Web developers, commercial artists, trendspotters, branding experts, fashionistas, and computer nerds—and also teaches logo design at the Milwaukee Institute of […]

Preview: America Meet World - How Global Satirists See Us

Trina DasGupta is the founder and CEO of Single Palm Tree Productions, a media company dedicated to using entertainment as a vehicle to help build global understanding. When I spoke with Trina about this panel—“America Meet World: How Global Satirists See Us”—the passion she has for her work was undeniable. Rather than trying (and inevitably failing) to […]