Some questions don’t have immediately apparent answers, but are important because of the expanding array of open-ended questions that result from them. Many who routinely deal with such topics are well-versed in rote knowledge and empirical data – but (perhaps even more importantly) they also act as facilitators for the fluid, polydirectional discussions of these […]
Every time we type our name, birthday, address, favorite color, or so on into another pesky field, we don’t ponder its future or how it will be used. Signing up for a website? A joke a day? Ordering something from a sketchy looking site? We take these “free” services for granted and up until recently […]
As my day was just starting and hers was winding down, moderator of The Last of the Launch and Leave ‘Ems Anjali Ramachandran, who is based in London, and I met on Skype for a quick interview about her upcoming SXSWi panel. The Last of the Launch and Leave ‘Ems will discuss the fleeting trend […]
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Bob Metcalfe – inventor of Ethernet, internet pioneer, 3com founder and many other pretty remarkable things. Mr. Metcalfe has now started his fifth career as Professor of Innovation in the Electrical Engineering department at the University of Texas. I had the opportunity to talk with Mr. Metcalfe about his upcoming panel […]
This year at SXSWi, Stephanie Hay (of Stephanie Hay, LLC) will be sharing her skills as a successful copywriter who believes “the message should lead any efforts — online, mobile, offline — and the design or functionality serves to uplift, support, complement, and more effectively deliver that message.” Yes, design supports the message (not the […]
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Picking the best panels of any day during SXSW is so subjective as to be nearly impossible. So instead of pretending to know the interests of the average SXSW badge holder (is there such a thing?), the following is what I plan to do. You can follow along if you like or leave a comment […]