This will be the third year that Dr. Hans Ibold (@hanspi) has traveled to SXSW Interactive with a group of students from Indiana University. In helping them prep for the event, I spent a little time on Skype providing some advice. They had some great questions and observations. I look forward to meeting them all […]
The new sports track at SXSW Interactive has something for every sports fan, from how Twitter has revolutionized sports for the common fan to how basketball has impacted lives for the better. Read about my top five sports panels below, and I’m sure you will have difficulty choosing just one to attend. 1. “Sports Media: […]
The SXSW Interactive panel “Mother Goose Got Punked” brings the top creative minds in the nonprofit community to teach organizations how they can implement visual storytelling to engage supporters.
#IfSantaWasBlack. #YouKnowYouGhettoWhen. #BlackParentsQuotes. If you find yourself on Twitter fairly often, you’ve probably seen at least one of the aforementioned phrases on the social networking site’s top Trending Topics, which have become increasingly dominated by similar subjects over the past few years. But how are these topics coming about? Who is creating them? Apparently, the […]
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The tech world used to be dominated by men, where women had to prove themselves and have extra skills just to be considered for a position or even taken seriously. While the situation has improved over time, computer science classes in college are still mostly attended by males and successful tech companies or start ups […]
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