Art and social media are not necessarily things that you would think compliment each other. One seems a thoughtful, deep and meaningful media while the other is often regarded as fleeting and meaningless. However, Dan Fletcher who is founder of Beacon, a startup that connects readers and writers to fund journalism and artist Tanja Hollander beg […]
These days, multiplatform programming is becoming more of a necessity to TV producers. Although now being adopted by more and more producers, Embarrassing Bodies is a medicial TV show in the UK that was one of the first to adopt the concept in 2007. It has been hugely successful. A quick Google search results in […]
When the words “overcrowded Asian cities”, images of crowded streets, polution and even chaos comes to mind. Rearly would you think “innovation” instead. However, these overcrowded cities are buzzing with new ideas and innovation primarily because of need and neccessity to overcome problems associated with maximum cities. Tara Hierbet is an Asian Trend, Innovation and Urban […]
For the last 12 and a half years Seth Meyers has been writing for Saturday Night Live. A month ago he left his long-time gig to take over hosting duties for Late Night. Meyers came to SXSW as part of the comedy program, but on Saturday he spoke about the new Late Night show to […]
Neil deGrasse Tyson launches his new series Cosmos Sunday night. The President of the United States is introducing it. The man is as close to a science rockstar as you can get. He packed a record number of people into Exhibit Hall 5 for his keynote presentation. There were high expectations coming into his keynote. […]
This is probably the panel with the most intriguing title at SXSW this year. However, it’s not as rauchy as it seem. Part of a Future 15 segment, Kali Williams shared 3 major life lessons she has learnt as a professional dominatrix. They are lessons in clear and precise communication, and these are lessons that […]
With the advances in techology, you would think that it’s easier to solve crimes today than it would have been 50 years ago. You’d be wrong! True crime writers, Michelle McNamara and Bill Jensen discussed some interesting statistics about crime solving and the role of social media and crowd sourcing when it comes to solving […]