After last year’s success creating a crowdfunding bill of rights for donors, David Neff, digital engagement strategist, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, and co-panelist Miriam Kagan, senior principal, Kimbia, return to SXSW Interactive this year to create a crowdfunding bill of rights for nonprofits. While last year’s panel focused on the rights of the people who donate to […]
When the words “overcrowded Asian cities”, images of crowded streets, polution and even chaos comes to mind. Rearly would you think “innovation” instead. However, these overcrowded cities are buzzing with new ideas and innovation primarily because of need and neccessity to overcome problems associated with maximum cities. Tara Hierbet is an Asian Trend, Innovation and Urban […]
For the last 12 and a half years Seth Meyers has been writing for Saturday Night Live. A month ago he left his long-time gig to take over hosting duties for Late Night. Meyers came to SXSW as part of the comedy program, but on Saturday he spoke about the new Late Night show to […]
Neil deGrasse Tyson launches his new series Cosmos Sunday night. The President of the United States is introducing it. The man is as close to a science rockstar as you can get. He packed a record number of people into Exhibit Hall 5 for his keynote presentation. There were high expectations coming into his keynote. […]
This is probably the panel with the most intriguing title at SXSW this year. However, it’s not as rauchy as it seem. Part of a Future 15 segment, Kali Williams shared 3 major life lessons she has learnt as a professional dominatrix. They are lessons in clear and precise communication, and these are lessons that […]
With the advances in techology, you would think that it’s easier to solve crimes today than it would have been 50 years ago. You’d be wrong! True crime writers, Michelle McNamara and Bill Jensen discussed some interesting statistics about crime solving and the role of social media and crowd sourcing when it comes to solving […]
With the ever increasing popularity of Twitter and the rise of video and image based social media such as SnapChat and Instagram, it’s natural to wonder if in fact human language is disappearing and evolving into pictures. This answer is – no. The truth of the matter is emoticons and emojis are the origins of language […]