The Digital age is something that has developed dramatically over the years. There are so many different people with a variety of interests who are doing several different things in the digital age. Society works so hard to create diversity but with digital works being everywhere are we really even giving people the opportunity to […]
Maira Garcia is a recent graduate from the masters program at Texas State University where she focused in New Media. She currently works for the Austin American-Statesman as an online content producer. She along with friend and colleague Anna Tauzin will lead a core conversation where they will discuss how to use social media and […]
Saying that “show, don’t tell” is useless when it comes to web content is a pretty bold claim, or so I thought when I first read this panel’s description. I thought the panel leader, Austin Kleon, was disparaging the “show” part, but as it turns out it’s the “don’t tell” part that’s useless. “You can’t […]
So you are impatiently waiting for SXSW. We all are. The hard part comes when you have to decide which days to go, which time to be there, which panels to choose and so on. Even worse, if you have a job, you must decide which days to take off. As a media student, I […]
Rob La Gesse’s official title at San Antonio-based web hosting company Rackspace is Chief Disruption Officer. And he wears it with pride. Formerly the Director of Customer Development, La Gesse earned the new title after waking up Rackspace Chairman Graham Weston in the middle of the night to address a customer complaint. For La Gesse, […]
Science journalist and SXSW Interactive presenter Christie Nicholson says panelists should ask themselves two questions about their topics: “Why should people care?” and “Why should people care now?” She hopes people will care about her panel, “U.S. Military’s Mad Science Revealed.” In her proposal she writes, “For more than 50 years the mad scientists at […]