You could sense the ‘we’ve got troubles but we’re still way cooler than you geeks’ ( or are they?) vibe a mile off. The music biz was already rolling into Austin on the last day of SXSW Interactive 2008 before the full-scale SXSW Music conference kicked-off the next day – and they were out in force ...

20 hours ago · Innovation Cloud · innovationeye.wordpress.com by innovationeye 4 references

The lights were dimmed way down low in this packed Tuesday 10am session. In line with the majority take on mobility’s best way forward, the environment was attuned to take account of the user context and experience (the morning after the night before…) PANEL: Scott Jenson – Mobile UI Manager, Google ...

1 day ago · Innovation Cloud · innovationeye.wordpress.com by innovationeye 4 references

Convened (as it emerged) at the behest of Valleywag’s chief scribe Owen Thomas, this session was among the best I attended at SXSW Interactive 2008, as much for the social static and currents it generated as for cerebral reasons. Plus as a lifelong dyed-in-the-wool observer I’ve latterly realised I’ ...

7 days ago · Innovation Cloud · innovationeye.wordpress.com by innovationeye 4 references

Here are podcasts from a few sessions I really enjoyed at South by Southwest Interactive 2008. 1. LOLWUT? Why Do I Keep Coming Back to This Website? Eric Nakagawa and Ben Huh (donning a cheezburger hat) discuss LOLcats a.k.a I Can Has Cheezburger. Nakagawa covers the site's origin and rabid fan base ...

18 days ago · Celeste Dawn Mitchell · celestedawnmitchell.typepad.com/celeste_dawn_mitchell by Celeste Mitchell

I went to Austin, TX to go to a conference (drink).

18 days ago · Nonimage Blog · nonimage.com/blog by Nonimage 1 reference

Table of contents for SXSW Themes Interconnectedness and Cooperation Overlaid Onto Real Life - SXSW Themes Do you make happiness, dreams, or just kick ass? - SXSW Themes There is more to gain by giving it all away - SXSW Themes Embrace randomness - SXSW Themes THEME 4: Embrace randomness ‘Go with th ...

19 days ago · Random Destiny · randomdestiny.com/blog by Michael Marotta

Thanks to Scott Kveton, of Vidoop, who stopped me at BarCampAustinIII, to talk about OpenID and other identity related matters. It’s been a while since I’ve talked about identity online (although get me going with a few beer offline!). I think the only other recent discussions I’ve had around identi ...

25 days ago · ::HorsePigCow:: marketing ... · horsepigcow.com by miss rogue 353 references

At the end of last year, I decided to delete my Facebook account because I was so angry with how hard it was to delete your account (among various other common complaints about said site). For I while, I had no Facebook account. Now I have two, which I realise is really weird considering my feelings ...

30 days ago · kate raynes-goldie · oceanpark.livejournal.com by kate raynes-goldie 10 references

This is the first draft of the content from the core conversation panel I did at SxSW earlier this year. When it’s done it will go up as a PDF and a blog post. I’m posting here so that I can start getting feedback if possible; and have kept things numbered for easier reference - feel free to comment ...

31 days ago · oneafrikan.com · oneafrikan.com by Gareth Knight 7 references

DSC_0002, originally uploaded by Tracksuit CEO. Here is finally a decent pic of my SXSW talk, thanks to my lovely wife. That’s me in the red tracksuit and Matt Gierhart, my co-presenter, to my left in his snazzy jacket.

33 days ago · Tracksuit CEO · tracksuitceo.com by TrackSuit CEO 1 reference