by • March 12, 2011
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The photo above illustrates the sort of thing that makes SXSW Interactive distinct from other technology conferences: I suspect that you don’t normally get on an escalator at Interop and find yourself descending into a mass of attendees doing the Watusi. Today, two prominent speakers…
by • March 11, 2011
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I’m passionate about gaming: how design and mechanics influence behavior, how games can enable better communication and collaboration, and how they can be used to motivate real-world actions that help improve organizations and maybe even help save the world. So I’m very excited to be…
by • March 28, 2010
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After breaking out of jail around midnight Gonzo ran through the desert whilst being trailed by helicopters full of mutant cyborgs with automatic weapons and deadly aims. Somehow he shook his pursuers and attended one last day of SXSWi, encoding this information and copying to…
by • March 25, 2010
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Despite being pursued by a pack of starved and rabid wild dogs, our tireless blogger Gonzo was able to crash Day 3 of SXSW and bring back these illicit insights: 2009 Iran Election: Women’s Revolution or Twitter Revolution? The panel was moderated by Shireen Mitchell…
by • March 24, 2010
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Despite a restraining order and a team of professional bounty-hunters tracking his trail, intrepid Social Studies blogger Gonzo was able to infiltrate SXSWi on Day Two in order to smuggle back the following illicit information: A few of the panels I attended were the same…
by • March 23, 2010
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Through a glitch in the Matrix, intrepid blogger Gonzo was able to secure access to South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) badge and airfare down to sunny Austin, TX. Before he was tackled by security, tagged & bagged and hauled off the county jail he was…
by • March 15, 2010
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One of the first panels I attended this year was Lost In Translation: The Nuances of European Social Media. Here are my notes, tidied up considerably: The three panelists (Peter Bihr, Igor Schwarzmann and Kevin Dykes) established at the start that they wanted the session…
by • March 15, 2010
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Today I hit What Does Corporate America Think of 2.0? with Andrew McAfee from MIT. What is 2.0? It’s a technology toolkit that helps groups get work done (collaboration, innovation, search, coordination) and philosophies that make use of this toolkit. McAfee showed multiple media, analyst…
by • March 14, 2010
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Today I hit Social Media Breakfast SXSW. If you’re unfamiliar with Social Media Breakfast(SMB), you should Google to see if your city has one. Founded by my friend Bryan Person back in 2007, the concept has now grown to more than 40 cities. I was…
by • March 13, 2010
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This is my fourth year at SXSW Interactive, and I’ve never been more excited to attend the premier conference dedicated to new tech, emerging media and social marketing. With microblogging reaching mainstream, geo-location aware social networks reaching broader awareness and companies — both large, small,…