1. He can withstand a barrage of flash photography and still keep his cool. 2. He cannot withstand an over zealous interviewer and keep his cool. 3. He plays the drums on his knees when he speaks. Or maybe he is practicing patty cake. 4. Facebook does not have a proactive approach to changing the […]
Everything I Know About Accessibility I Learned From Star Wars with Derek Featherstone I got to this panel a little late (thanks for nothing daylight savings time!). I walked in as Featherstone, adorned in a Jedi Robe and wielding a microphone like a lightsaber (a more civilized weapon) explaining that if you steal something, make […]
Hey, it’s Jon again…sitting here in a packed room of web coders and Dreamweaver lovers. I feel a little out of place at this one, as I’m not completely sure what they’re talking about. However, I did get a lot out of this panel before they started with this crazy coding jargon, using words like […]
Hey it’s Jon here at the Conference Center, above is what I am seeing RIGHT NOW! in room 18ABCD, listening to a panel called Social Design Strategies. The panelists are talking about “leverage reciprocity” in a social networking site…. DEF: Leverage Reciprocity – when making a web page, users will put more into the site […]
Ok, so I just got here a few mins before 10 O Clock, but I was lucky enough to find Cindy who immediately took me up to the press booth to get my credentials. My name is Sunday Udoetok and I am a grad student in Mass Communication and also taking the New Media Class […]
This was a great panel, got me rethinking something that came to me during my first SXSW experience in 2005. The panelists included people from Girlstart, MentorNet, and UT Computer Science. They discussed the long-standing problem of attracting women to math and science careers. But, as a teacher of technology in a Communications discipline, I […]
I have to start out by thanking Cindy Royal for giving us the chance to cover something as cutting edge as SXSW Interactive. The event was my first real press-like event to cover and it turned out to be a great learning experience. The Onion panel was definitely the highlight of the days events. I […]