I don’t consider myself any sort of new media expert. It is that sole reason, I decided to pursue my graduate degree. I mean, sure, I use new media as well as social media but I didn’t really understand the in’s and out’s of it. So when I submitted my essay to be considered for […]
After the horrific events of Thursday night, many in the SXSW community were understandably shaken up. A lot of people wondered exactly how they could help. The Blood Center of Central Texas put out a call for blood donations, and the next day their lobby was full of Austinites doing their part. It wasn’t just […]
The Alamo Drafthouse is the most culturally branded theater in the country. This film community has allowed the Drafthouse to expand their vision well past Austin, with theaters in Kansas City, New York, and Virginia to name a few. At SXSW, Tim League CEO of the Alamo Drafthouse and Drafthouse Films got together with Eric […]
On June 25 at midnight, nearly 200,000 people worldwide were watching the Wendy Davis filibuster. Zero of those viewers were watching on CNN or Fox News or MSNBC. Instead, anyone that wanted to watch the most interesting political story of the summer, and quite possibly the year, tuned in to the Texas Tribune livestream. Rodney […]
Edward Snowden spoke at SXSW over a very choppy video feed, but it wasn’t the fault of technology, his signal was bouncing over seven proxies in order to keep him safe. The thirty year old is currently living in Russia after he made public classified documents about NSA spying programs last summer. Ben Wizner and […]
Will SXSW Gaming be the next big branch of the South By brand? Pete Fenlon, CEO of Mayfair Games certainly thinks so. As of now, the gaming branch is still a free, open to the public event that is featured the first weekend of SXSWi. Fenlon thinks gaming will go the way of Edu or […]
We are at the halfway mark now! SXSW Interactive is always full of celebrities. Priscillia and Melody talk about their favorite celeb highlights at the festival this year.