Hey it’s Jon here at the Conference Center, above is what I am seeing RIGHT NOW! in room 18ABCD, listening to a panel called Social Design Strategies. The panelists are talking about “leverage reciprocity” in a social networking site…. DEF: Leverage Reciprocity – when making a web page, users will put more into the site […]
Ok, so I just got here a few mins before 10 O Clock, but I was lucky enough to find Cindy who immediately took me up to the press booth to get my credentials. My name is Sunday Udoetok and I am a grad student in Mass Communication and also taking the New Media Class […]
This was a great panel, got me rethinking something that came to me during my first SXSW experience in 2005. The panelists included people from Girlstart, MentorNet, and UT Computer Science. They discussed the long-standing problem of attracting women to math and science careers. But, as a teacher of technology in a Communications discipline, I […]
I have to start out by thanking Cindy Royal for giving us the chance to cover something as cutting edge as SXSW Interactive. The event was my first real press-like event to cover and it turned out to be a great learning experience. The Onion panel was definitely the highlight of the days events. I […]
I’m a huge fan. I read Convergence Culture to do a review on it for Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, and I got to see Henry Jenkins at the Association of Internet Researchers in Vancouver last October. I have been evangelizing about him ever since. I am most impressed with they way he talks about […]
Walked a bit around Screenburn Arcade an open platform of exhibitors and tournaments, part of SXSW’s presentations on the newest developments in the gaming industry. I’m glad to see that SXSW has a gaming element to it. (This wasn’t much a part of SXSW when I attended in 2000.) The convergence of new media and […]
Here’s a video the Onion showed at their presentation. Among the best lines was, “Big budgets stifle creativity. A smaller budget forces creativity.” Ninja Parade Slips Through Town Unnoticed Once Again Marc Speir