Mashable has a great summary of Sarah Lacy's response to the controversy surrounding her SXSW keynote interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.By all accounts, it was a terrible interview, however Lacy...
As a late adopter to new technologies, I've only recently started listening to an iPod. During the countless long-haul trips I've made over the years, I have brought an excellent pair of Sony headphones (not tiny...
NowPublic has NowReturned to the chilly climes of our Vancouver HQ after a great stint at the 2008 SXSW Interactive festival, but the rock & roll heat continues to get cranked up back in Austin, where the sun is blasting down +90°F temperatures and +800 bands are...
SXSW Interactive / Tuesday, March 11, 2008FM 2.0: The Future of Internet Radio PANELISTS: Nancy Miller, Pop Culture Editor, Wired Magazine Anu Kirk, Director of Prod Management, Rhapsody Tom Conrad, CTO, Pandora.comAnil Dewan, Director of New Media, KCRWDavid Hyman,...
SXSWi 2008 - Keynote: Jane McGonigalJane McGonigal is one of the foremost thought leaders in ARGs and is currently a senior researcher at the Institute for the Future. Her excellent keynote at SXSW explores the...
SXSW 2008 - Tuesday, March 11th 11:30am - Former head of Disney and founder of The Tornante Company as well as Vuguru, Michael Eisner, has just finished speaking here at SXSW.LIVEBLOG // Michael Eisner, interviewed...
SXSW 2008: Keynote Address by Frank Warren, founder of PostSecretFrank Warren just concluded a wonderfuly positive and touching keynote address discussing his PostSecret project and the impact of both keeping and...
Word from the eclectic locals I've spoken to so far (who have been, for the most part, taxi drivers), is that SXSW brings in $80 million a year to the city of Austin. Although it may be the highest grossing, however,...
SXSW2008 Interactive Sunday is a big day here at SXSW. There are some great panels that I've attended and I squeezed my way into one of the many ballrooms set aside for this afternoon's keynote interview...
SXSW 2008 Interactive Austin, Texas -- NowPublic is on the ground here in Austin, Texas for the annual digerati, film, and music festival blowout that is SXSW. We'll be posting stories, photos, and video of all...
It finally happened. It is the flashpoint of the festival so far. It's everywhere. You can actually hear, see, and feel people talking, twittering, moblogging, yapping, snapping, and gossiping about it.Yes, the event...
Sites that focus on user-generated content put tremendous power in the hands of those users. Such power can be used for the good of the community, or for ill. What's an admin to do? A panel at SXSWi (South by...
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After a long panel-filled conference day yesterday, I retreated to my hotel for a brief rest and caught televised performances by The Killers and Spoon on the renowned live music television series Austin City Limits....
Austin, Texas -- NowPublic is on the ground here in sunny Austin, Texas for the annual digerati, film, and music festival blowout that is SXSW.We'll be posting stories, photos, and video of all the Interactive action...