SXSW Interactive 2017 began with Chief Programming Officer Hugh Forrest‘s annual opening remarks. After he explained the new badge system for 2017 and highlighted some trends he had seen for 2017, he introduced the first featured speaker Cory Booker. Booker is currently a state senator from New Jersey, and was previously the Mayor of Newark. Booker’s […]
On Friday, March 10th Gary Vaynerchuk, CEO of VaynerMedia, participated in a live Q&A at SXSW Interactive. Members of the audience were able to wait in line at a microphone to ask the digital marketing and social media guru questions, which he answered in his typical quick-wit, expletive-filled fast-talking way. As always, Vaynerchuk had social […]
We’re testing Evrybit during SXSW. Evrybit is a mobile reporting platform. Each day, a different person will run our Evrybit and embed it on our site. Follow along throughout the day!
Ahead of SXSW, we wanted to introduce ourselves a little bit more so people might know who the students working on this site and project are. We have been hard at work interviewing panelists, writing previews of upcoming sessions, and speaking with former SXTXState students to highlight the tenth year of the project. Throughout SXSW […]
On February 22nd, a few members of the SXTXState project team were fortunate enough to be guests on Texas State University’s student-run, non-commercial radio station KTSW 89.9 in San Marcos. Charles, Jordan, Rachel and Breanna joined Matt and Kim on their variety show “Other Side Drive” to talk about the graduate project, SXSW, and the team’s […]