Over the last couple of years, Twitter has skyrocketed to the forefront of social media, and, more importantly, as a means of how many communicate. And, following in the footsteps of text messaging, and passing notes before that, Twitter is now a new way for students to communicate in the classroom. Many teachers may find […]
This year with so many panels and events going on simultaneously, it is easy to overlook or miss a panel of great value/importance. On Monday March 12th, “The iPad: The Second Coming of the CD-ROM” is a SXSWi panel any digital user or producer should not miss. When the CD-ROM became mainstreamed in 1985, the […]
People with crazy colored hair and unnatural, overly expressive eyes put into outrageous situations, the character-driven and fast-paced action of Anime has morphed from an American import to a booming entertainment industry. Anime is the Japanese style of cartoons with a prominent artistic style of characters with spiked hair and sharply pointed chins. Most Anime’s […]
This will be the third year that Dr. Hans Ibold (@hanspi) has traveled to SXSW Interactive with a group of students from Indiana University. In helping them prep for the event, I spent a little time on Skype providing some advice. They had some great questions and observations. I look forward to meeting them all […]
The new sports track at SXSW Interactive has something for every sports fan, from how Twitter has revolutionized sports for the common fan to how basketball has impacted lives for the better. Read about my top five sports panels below, and I’m sure you will have difficulty choosing just one to attend. 1. “Sports Media: […]
The SXSW Interactive panel “Mother Goose Got Punked” brings the top creative minds in the nonprofit community to teach organizations how they can implement visual storytelling to engage supporters.
#IfSantaWasBlack. #YouKnowYouGhettoWhen. #BlackParentsQuotes. If you find yourself on Twitter fairly often, you’ve probably seen at least one of the aforementioned phrases on the social networking site’s top Trending Topics, which have become increasingly dominated by similar subjects over the past few years. But how are these topics coming about? Who is creating them? Apparently, the […]