Measuring Social Change & Media: Beyond BS Monday, March 11 | 11 am – 1:30 pm AT&T Conference Center, Classroom 204, 1900 University Ave This is the first year that SXSW Interactive will feature workshops as part of its programming. These sessions will be more interactive than traditional panel sessions. To give you a taste of […]
In case you missed it, SXTXState hosted its first hackathon just a few weeks ago to work on a mobile storytelling app using the Ushahidi platform. Most of us had never been to a hackathon before, but those who had said this was a very different environment from most. For starters, at this hackathon, women […]
Around 60 million websites around the world are powered by WordPress, and nearly a quarter of all new active domains use it. At the same time, an increasing number of organizations using the content management system are looking to engage audiences across platforms with responsive design. Jesse Friedman, director of Web and interface development at […]
The lack of diversity in the innovative field of tech and startups is an issue that is being addressed more and more frequently. This absence of diversity ranges from gender, to race, to sexual orientation and beyond. This year’s SXSW Interactive programming features a theme specifically geared toward these issues, and will continue to influence […]
When Kevin Nguyen and Nick Martens founded The Bygone Bureau in 2007, few online publications offered outlets for the kind of pieces they wanted to publish: long-form essays examining life, culture and art. At the time, the rise of easy to create multimedia content seemed to be sounding a death knell for long-form writing on […]
High School Athletics & Exploitation of Athletes Tuesday, March 12 | 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Hyatt Regency Austin Hill Country ABCD As a Southerner [specifically, as a homegrown Texan], I can personally attest to the notion that high school athletics reign supreme over many collegiate and professional competitive sports that are consumed by wide audiences […]
PBS has spent the past 40 years cultivating the highest standards in television programming and developing its sterling reputation. How does an organization with that kind of brand evolve and adjust to a rapidly changing media landscape while maintaining its core identity and dedication to quality programming? PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger will explore […]