SXSW

Technology For Results, Not Profits

A nonprofit’s business model usually focuses on grants and personal donations. But what happens when the giving starts to wane, and you’re running out of resources? In their less-than-traditional panel, Technology For Results, Not Profits, “Digerati Pastor” Terry Storch and Head Pastor Bobby Grunewald of LifeChurch.tv opened discussion on ways nonprofits can maintain and even grow […]

How To Rawk SXSW: From the Pros

Whether you’re a Southby veteran or a nerd newbie, you’ll definitely want to know how to make the most of SXSW Interactive this year. And while we’ve had some preliminary posts on our own advice, it’s always good to ask some people who could probably write an entire book on it. In the panel How […]

Preview: QR Codes Take Over SXSW

Attention all SXSW attendees, let the QR coding begin.  At least, that’s what this year’s organizers are hoping for.  QR Codes are fairly new to the U.S. and until recently were primarily used by Google’s Android mobile operating system.  QR Code is short for Quick Response and is a type of barcode that can include […]

As you fill up your my.sxsw schedule with amazing panels and core conversations, don’t forget about the ever-entertaining SXSW Interactive Web Awards Ceremony Presented by Adobe. With comedian Doug Benson emceeing this year, it’s bound to be a night full of laughs and Web beauty as the best sites of the year are revealed. Although […]

Besides the ScreenBurn area at the SXSW arcade this year, video games are getting some love! There are some fantastic panels that will be discussing different avenues of the video game world. Here’s my top 5 for 2010. 5. Social Justice and Video Games (3/16, 3:30 p.m.) – There is no question that video gaming […]

Notes and Commentary on "Ur Blog Sux and Print is Dead"

Ur Blog Sux and Print is Dead, with Ben Huh, CEO of I Can Has Cheezburger? and FAIL Blog, Christian Lander Writer of Stuff White People Like, Kerry Miller of passiveaggressivenotes.com, Heather Armstrong President of Blurbodoocery Inc. and Ana Marie Cox National Correspondent for Air America, brought laughs and insight to the crowd gathered in […]

Mark Bristol from Id Software was kind enough to sit down for a short interview following the From Framing Shots to Pushing Pixels: Crossing Between Film and Video Games panel.  Mark has worked as a storyboard artist on over 40 films, including a personal all-time favorite, Memento. Mark also shared some anecdotes about working with […]