Tag: SXSW

Say hello to Sunny Thaper, production director for Forty Agency, and Saul Colt, lead evangelist at Thoora. They are regular SXSW attendees (and all-around awesome dudes) and give their thoughts on this year's event. For added atmosphere, I added a real, live foursquare game being held outside of the convention center, and a taste of the crowds you see inside. If you're interested in a taste ...

Playing for only the fifth time in a decade, Man or Astro-man? delivered straightforward, hard-driving rock, plus a flaming Theremin, lightning bolt generator and a computer keyboard played like a guitar emitting "System 7 resource sounds" (a techno geek thrill). The band also did spacesuit antics, amplifier climbing, drum kit crashing and the 1990s surf punk rock that has maintained an ...

Today there are more cable channels offering sports, more sporting in general -- and more interest in sports than ever before! It is, as they say on the web, a firehose of content. Thing is, how do you, the sports fan, choose among the many options? How do you know what games will be duds and which will be can't-miss-watercooler fodder? RUWT? or Are You Watching This? attempts to solve that ...

A quick look into why content strategy is a critical element in the design process.* Content Strategy What's in it for you? at SXSW View more presentations from Margot Bloomstein. With Web strategy, a nicely designed website can provide great navigation and a satisfying user experience. However, the number one reason people come to a site is content. Content strategy is a crucial step in ...

SuperGlued is a music lover's dream. It's a one-stop shop for people who go to shows and gigs regularly, offering schedules, tickets, social networking and sharing tools. For instance, you could see who is playing locally, buy a ticket, meet people who are going to the show, later share your pics of the show and ultimately brag about (or remember) all the shows you went to and logged on ...

If you've ever played around with Wolfram Alpha you know it is kinda like magic. Put in some words or ask a math question and bingo, there's an intelligent (and crazy accurate) answer. I spoke to managing director Barak Berkowitz about their Alpha "beta" and their future plans to put Wolfram Alpha on your web pages. ...

Hey Twitter Tuesday true believers! It's been a big week, with some of the Twitter crew down in Austin, TX for South by Southwest Interactive. As you may recall, Twitter initially launched at SXSW, and it's been a huge part of the conference ever since. No surprise, then, that Twitter's @Ev chose this event to launch a big new Twitter feature. Read on for that announcement, plus apps and add-ons ...

To kick off his keynote at SXSW, Evan Williams, Twitter's CEO, announced the @anywhere platform. This platform will allow site owners to integrate Twitter information and features directly into their sites. For example, a blog with @anywhere integration would allow a user to hover over the blogger's name to pop up a Twitter box where the user could see if he/she was following the blogger, ...

"Beyond Algorithms: search and the semantic web" featured some heavy hitters in the search world talking about the future of search, including: Will Hunsinger, CEO of Evri and because of the recent aquisition, Twine Carla Thompson, Senior Analyst for the Guidewire Group Barak Berkowitz, Managing Director of Wolfram Alpha Danny Sullivan from Search Engine Land Nova Spivak, Founder of ...

Yes! It's not only me that thinks Gmail is slow! For the longest time, I wondered if I had a 'slow' Gmail server, or if my large inbox was crippling me in some way. It turns out that Google knows about the issue, and TechCrunch is reporting that it will 'soon get a lot faster'. Speaking at SXSW, Google panellist Jonathan Perlow acknowledged the sluggishness of Gmail and said 'we are fixing it.' ...

While we can't show you video of the app for iPhone known as Opera Mini, I did get a chance to briefly play around with it. The SXSW trade show floor has terrible WiFi (at times), and as a result, I think the speed might have been affected. That said, in some cases I found the Opera Mini app to be a faster browser than mobile Safari. Truthfully, Opera's 90% compression of content on sites ...

I ran into Guy Kawasaki, Jay Cuthrell and Nicholas Bonsack and asked them about their impressions of SXSW this year. Granted, Guy had just walked in the door... But Jay and Nicholas discuss a few panels they attended. Thanks guys! ...

When TUAW went to Macworld, we had a chance to test Betwext, and I have to say it worked like a charm. Think SMS meets AIM and you get the idea: sign up on Betwext as a group and, when you text one number, it sends a text to a group with your name attached. It's easy and useful in certain cases. Yes, not in all cases, but for things like ad hoc group coordination when nothing but a text message ...

Genius appears to bridge the gap between CRM tools and online marketing efforts. Yes, it automates your push across various social networks and online services (YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, etc.). It also focuses on generating demand and engagement, and tracking your efforts along with lead generation. What it boils down to is tracking conversations on these sites via trackable links. A novel ...

I ran into Cali as she just hit the show floor so the only thing she'd seen that caught her eye was the OWLE bubo (covered here on TUAW). But she was shooting video of the floor as well that I'm sure will wind up on GeekBrief.TV. What's up with everyone showing up late to SXSW? ...