Monday morning Megan Gaiser, Sheri Graner Ray, Cindy Royal, Dee Kapila, and Joe Sanchez hosted a discussion concerning the implementation of video games into young lives. “Gaming As A Gateway Drug: Getting Girls Interested in Technology” touched on the positive side of video games in both girls and boys education and technology advancement ages kindergarten through […]
Tuesday afternoon Helen Klein Ross of Supporting Characters, Michael Bissell president of Conquent and Carri Bugbee president of Big Deal PR, had a confession to make- they have not exactly been completely honest with everyone. In particular, Betty Drapper is not Betty Drapper, she is Helen Ross. Roger Sterling is not Roger Sterling, he is Michael Bissell. And Peggy Olson is not Peggy Olson, […]
When was the last time you were asked to join a Facebook group entitled “One Million Strong For [Insert random cause].” Probably quite recently. At the Sxsw panel “How Social Networks Are Killing the Revolution,” panelists discussed how social networks are actually hindering real world action and change from occurring. Steve Swedler (Gangplank) attempted to […]
Ur Blog Sux and Print is Dead, with Ben Huh, CEO of I Can Has Cheezburger? and FAIL Blog, Christian Lander Writer of Stuff White People Like, Kerry Miller of passiveaggressivenotes.com, Heather Armstrong President of Blurbodoocery Inc. and Ana Marie Cox National Correspondent for Air America, brought laughs and insight to the crowd gathered in […]
Moderator Karly Hand (Owner, Karly Hand) started the panel asking members of the audience what PR questions they wanted answered. Panelists Erin Portman (Consultant, Erin Portman PR), Brain Solis (PR 2.0) and Peter Shankman (president, HARO) introduced themselves by giving a brief description on what they do in the world on PR. Most of the discussion […]
Mark Bristol from Id Software was kind enough to sit down for a short interview following the From Framing Shots to Pushing Pixels: Crossing Between Film and Video Games panel. Mark has worked as a storyboard artist on over 40 films, including a personal all-time favorite, Memento. Mark also shared some anecdotes about working with […]
On the final day of this year’s SXSWi I sat down for a quick chat with Rodney Gibbs from Fizz Factor, which is located in the heart of Austin. Gibbs moderated a panel called From Framing Shots to Pushing Pixels: Crossing Between Film and Video Games, which I had personally been looking forward to for […]