This week, inspired by Texas State’s very own Digital Media Entrepreneurship Speaker Series, we’re calling all makers, builders, creators and founders. SXSW, in all its iterations, has always embodied the entrepreneurial spirit and celebrated the self-starter. As comfort with digital intricacies becomes less a technologist trait and more an essential business skill, digital entrepreneurship has […]
Dawn of the Harvest It only has taken us 214 years since Giuseppe Piazzi spotted the asteroid Ceres, but if everything goes correctly Friday, the Dawn space craft will enter in to orbit around Ceres. The space craft launched in 2007 and spent part of 2011 and 2012 around the asteroid Vista, a smaller […]
We live in a world where people can actually make a living by creating and managing a blog. Although many of these blogs look drastically different from when they first became popular, the basic idea is still the same. Content gets pushed out; people consume and share it. Whether you’re already an expert at running your couponing […]
Net Neutrality: I’m not usually a fan of using blanket statements or absolutes, but I feel pretty comfortable making this one: The biggest thing to happen in interactive news this week was the FCC’s vote on and approval of the Open Internet Order, i.e., net neutrality. The Open Internet Order “[sets] forth clear, sustainable, […]
SXsports is one of the newest ventures for SXSW Interactive. It began in 2014 and has already become very popular, attracting many of the top entertainers, personalities and thinkers of the sports industry. As a sports fanatic, this is definitely the segment of SXSW Interactive that I am most looking forward to. There are so […]
Happy Chinese New Year everyone! This week saw the beginning of the Year of the Sheep. Mark Zuckerberg welcomed the new year with a video post in, what Business Insider calls, “vastly improved” Mandarin Chinese. Post by Mark Zuckerberg. Meanwhile, Tech Crunch reports that our friends at Buzzfeed have ventured further into mobile territory this […]
Attention, all animal lovers! While this is an interactive conference, there is still plenty of room for man’s best friend. And man’s other best friend, cats. And also, tigers. Here is an overview of the top five SXSWi panels for animal lovers. From pet adoption, to vodka, to indie rock music—there is something for everyone. […]