It’s hard to look back at the past week and a half and see anything but a blur–a blur of inspiration and laughter and complete awe, but a blur nonetheless. I attended SXSW Interactive for the first time in 2012. Back then I didn’t know the difference between Java and Javascript, much less could I […]
South by Southwest has been an amazing experience. Exhausting, but amazing. My brain has absorbed so much information and I have had the chance to meet so many inspiring and influential people. There have been fun times, serious times, exhausting times and inspiring times. Here are my top 10 takeaways from the event (funny and […]
The UK’s Mark Channon, one of the world’s foremost experts on memory and mind mapping, presented at SXSW Interactive 2012 Monday, for one of the mini-sessions. Originally an actor, in 1995 he became the eighth person to win the title of Grand Master of Memory. To judge by the size of the crowd and the close […]
If a monkey takes a picture of itself in the woods, and no one’s around, who owns it? What if he posts it on Pinterest or tweets it out? Does it make a difference? According to Senior Lecturer Dara Quackenbush, everything makes a difference — even when it’s a monkey, and especially when it’s on […]
At the SXSWedu panel “The Evolving Role of University Systems in Higher Education,” Texas A&M System leadership discuss how technology and efficiency have led to the development of the $10,000 degree. [View the story “Texas A&M University Leadership discuss the $10k degree” on Storify]
Carly Smith is a 2010 Texas State University graduate who recently landed a job working as an Account Manager at East Austin’s TradeMark Media. Carly participated in the SXTXState project last year and attending SXSWi for a second time with her company this year. Watch as she shares her thoughts on Interactive, her biggest takeaway […]