http://sxsw.com/interactive The Latest News from SXSW Interactive eng Copyright 2006 2006-08-21T14:29:32-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://2006.sxsw.com/bits_n_bytes/pivot/entry.php?id=140 http://2006.sxsw.com/bits_n_bytes/pivot/entry.php?id=140#comm Women of the blogosphere unite! Indeed, the second annual BlogHer Conference runs Friday and Saturday in San Jose, bringing together hundreds of the top females in the personal publishing industry (as well as a handful of men who want to learn from their expertise). Past SXSW Interactive panelists scheduled to speak at the event include Heather Armstrong, danah boyd, Tiffany Brown, Melinda Casino, Heather Champ, Grace Davis, Jory Des Jardins, Caterina Fake, Susannah Gardner, Meg Hourihan, Lynne d. Johnson, Margaret Mason, Lisa Stone, Mena Trott, Nancy White, and Lisa Williams. Also, if you can't be in San Jose for all the festivities, be sure to keep track of the action via the Blogrolls page as well as the Forums section. BlogHer co-founder Jory Des Jardins (pictured above) is scheduled to speak on the "Next Level Naked" panel on Saturday. 140@http://sxsw.com/interactive/bits_n_bytes/ Women of the blogosphere unite! Indeed, the second annual BlogHer Conference runs Friday and Saturday in San Jose, bringing together hundreds of the top females in the personal publishing industry (as well as a handful of men who want to learn from their expertise).

Past SXSW Interactive panelists scheduled to speak at the event include Heather Armstrong, danah boyd, Tiffany Brown, Melinda Casino, Heather Champ, Grace Davis, Jory Des Jardins, Caterina Fake, Susannah Gardner, Meg Hourihan, Lynne d. Johnson, Margaret Mason, Lisa Stone, Mena Trott, Nancy White, and Lisa Williams. Also, if you can't be in San Jose for all the festivities, be sure to keep track of the action via the Blogrolls page as well as the Forums section.

BlogHer co-founder Jory Des Jardins (pictured above) is scheduled to speak on the "Next Level Naked" panel on Saturday. ]]> Latest News 2006-07-27T11:53:00-05:00 http://2006.sxsw.com/bits_n_bytes/pivot/entry.php?id=139 http://2006.sxsw.com/bits_n_bytes/pivot/entry.php?id=139#comm Have you cast your vote in the Popularity Contest Award for the third annual SXSWclick Media Festival? If not, be sure to do so now. The voting procedure is very simple -- just click on which one of the 15 finalist short films is your favorite. But, hurry, the polls close at midnight tonight! Winners for the Popularity Contest Award as well as the category-by-category decisions of the celebrity judges will be announced on the SXSWclick website on Friday, July 28. 139@http://sxsw.com/interactive/bits_n_bytes/ Have you cast your vote in the Popularity Contest Award for the third annual SXSWclick Media Festival? If not, be sure to do so now.

The voting procedure is very simple -- just click on which one of the 15 finalist short films is your favorite.

But, hurry, the polls close at midnight tonight! Winners for the Popularity Contest Award as well as the category-by-category decisions of the celebrity judges will be announced on the SXSWclick website on Friday, July 28. ]]> Latest News 2006-07-26T15:44:00-05:00 http://2006.sxsw.com/bits_n_bytes/pivot/entry.php?id=138 http://2006.sxsw.com/bits_n_bytes/pivot/entry.php?id=138#comm The Ft. Worth Star Telegram ran an article in the Sunday Business section about "three Texas companies that are charting their own unique paths to becoming the next web superstars." Dallas-based Jambo was profiled for their unique approach to social networking. Jambo's software turns laptops and other Wi-Fi-enabled devices into a radar for nearby people who share common interests. Great for networking at events, as attendees of SXSW 2006 discovered. "Those who downloaded Jambo's software were asked to single out their interests and the type of people they wanted to meet. That created a kind of wireless matchmaker for people at the convention. At South by Southwest, for example, people hooked into Jambo were able to find like-minded attendees even when outside the Austin Convention Center." Jambo took advantage of the great marketing opportunities at SXSW 2006. To find out how you can get exposure at the next SXSW, contact Katie King. 138@http://sxsw.com/interactive/bits_n_bytes/ The Ft. Worth Star Telegram ran an article in the Sunday Business section about "three Texas companies that are charting their own unique paths to becoming the next web superstars."

Dallas-based Jambo was profiled for their unique approach to social networking. Jambo's software turns laptops and other Wi-Fi-enabled devices into a radar for nearby people who share common interests. Great for networking at events, as attendees of SXSW 2006 discovered. "Those who downloaded Jambo's software were asked to single out their interests and the type of people they wanted to meet. That created a kind of wireless matchmaker for people at the convention. At South by Southwest, for example, people hooked into Jambo were able to find like-minded attendees even when outside the Austin Convention Center."

Jambo took advantage of the great marketing opportunities at SXSW 2006. To find out how you can get exposure at the next SXSW, contact Katie King. ]]> Latest News 2006-07-25T17:34:00-05:00 http://2006.sxsw.com/bits_n_bytes/pivot/entry.php?id=137 http://2006.sxsw.com/bits_n_bytes/pivot/entry.php?id=137#comm The preservation of net neutrality is serious business. But, sometimes, humor provides the best vehicle for explanation of such weighty matters. Consider the following clip from the Daily Show, which pokes fun at current efforts to create a hierarchical, two-tiered system of web delivery. The skit by Jon Stewart and John Hodgman lampoons the recent gaffe by Alaska Senator Ted Stevens in comparing the Internet to a series of tubes (as opposed to a lowly dumptruck). And when you have finished laughing, be sure to sign the petition to preserve net neutrality at SavetheInternet.org, thereby ensuring that alternative content such as this video continues to be accessible to all on the web. 137@http://sxsw.com/interactive/bits_n_bytes/ The preservation of net neutrality is serious business. But, sometimes, humor provides the best vehicle for explanation of such weighty matters.

Consider the following clip from the Daily Show, which pokes fun at current efforts to create a hierarchical, two-tiered system of web delivery. The skit by Jon Stewart and John Hodgman lampoons the recent gaffe by Alaska Senator Ted Stevens in comparing the Internet to a series of tubes (as opposed to a lowly dumptruck).

And when you have finished laughing, be sure to sign the petition to preserve net neutrality at SavetheInternet.org, thereby ensuring that alternative content such as this video continues to be accessible to all on the web. ]]> Latest News 2006-07-21T15:08:00-05:00 http://2006.sxsw.com/bits_n_bytes/pivot/entry.php?id=136 http://2006.sxsw.com/bits_n_bytes/pivot/entry.php?id=136#comm If developing games is your thing, then be sure to check out the Texas Independent Game Conference, scheduled Saturday, July 22 and Sunday, July 23 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Austin. This event focuses on helping video game developers understand their market and develop revenue-producing products in an increasingly competitive market. Keynote speakers at TIGC include indy gaming curmudgeon / guru Greg Costikyan, as well as frequent SXSW panelist Warren Spector (see July 19 edition of the "SXSW Speakers in the News"). Also, while we are covering all things game-related, remember that the ScreenBurn Beta Festival returns to the first floor of the Austin Convention Center in March 2007. 136@http://sxsw.com/interactive/bits_n_bytes/ If developing games is your thing, then be sure to check out the Texas Independent Game Conference, scheduled Saturday, July 22 and Sunday, July 23 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Austin. This event focuses on helping video game developers understand their market and develop revenue-producing products in an increasingly competitive market.

Keynote speakers at TIGC include indy gaming curmudgeon / guru Greg Costikyan, as well as frequent SXSW panelist Warren Spector (see July 19 edition of the "SXSW Speakers in the News").

Also, while we are covering all things game-related, remember that the ScreenBurn Beta Festival returns to the first floor of the Austin Convention Center in March 2007. ]]> Latest News 2006-07-20T13:07:00-05:00 http://2006.sxsw.com/bits_n_bytes/pivot/entry.php?id=135 http://2006.sxsw.com/bits_n_bytes/pivot/entry.php?id=135#comm Kudos to Brad Smith of Hot Pepper Studios for all his hard work in putting together WebVisions 2006, which runs Thursday and Friday at the Oregon Convention Center in downtown Portland. With the simple mission of exploring the future of the web, this event features an all-star lineup of panelists. Scheduled WebVisions speakers who have also served on panels at SXSW include Michael Buffington, DL Byron, Dan Cederholm, Mike Davidson, Garrett Dimon, Brian Fling, Kelly Goto, Matt Haughey, Matt May, Matthew Mullenweg, Brian Oberkirch, Derek Powazek, D. Keith Robinson, Christopher Schmitt, Kit Seeborg, Thomas Vander Wal. Sounds like a great reason to be in the Rose City! 135@http://sxsw.com/interactive/bits_n_bytes/ Kudos to Brad Smith of Hot Pepper Studios for all his hard work in putting together WebVisions 2006, which runs Thursday and Friday at the Oregon Convention Center in downtown Portland. With the simple mission of exploring the future of the web, this event features an all-star lineup of panelists. Scheduled WebVisions speakers who have also served on panels at SXSW include Michael Buffington, DL Byron, Dan Cederholm, Mike Davidson, Garrett Dimon, Brian Fling, Kelly Goto, Matt Haughey, Matt May, Matthew Mullenweg, Brian Oberkirch, Derek Powazek, D. Keith Robinson, Christopher Schmitt, Kit Seeborg, Thomas Vander Wal. Sounds like a great reason to be in the Rose City! ]]> Latest News 2006-07-19T15:28:00-05:00 http://2006.sxsw.com/bits_n_bytes/pivot/entry.php?id=134 http://2006.sxsw.com/bits_n_bytes/pivot/entry.php?id=134#comm After months in beta preview, Yahoo! has officially unveiled it's brand-spanking new homepage. The new homepage - which utilizes Web 2.0 functionality such as AJAX, personalization and collaborative filtering - is available starting yesterday to U.S. visitors and will be displayed internationally in the coming weeks. According to Yahoo!, the new homepage is "the most significant re-design of its flagship destination since the site first launched in 1994." To mark the occasion, Yahoo! has launched a video campaign. You can enter your own video (using the Yahoo! logo and yodel if desired) or view and send other entries. Yahoo! hosted a happy hour during SXSW 2006. Want to find out how to promote your company at SXSW Interactive? Contact Katie King for more info. 134@http://sxsw.com/interactive/bits_n_bytes/ homepage. The new homepage - which utilizes Web 2.0 functionality such as AJAX, personalization and collaborative filtering - is available starting yesterday to U.S. visitors and will be displayed internationally in the coming weeks. According to Yahoo!, the new homepage is "the most significant re-design of its flagship destination since the site first launched in 1994."

To mark the occasion, Yahoo! has launched a video campaign. You can enter your own video (using the Yahoo! logo and yodel if desired) or view and send other entries.

Yahoo! hosted a happy hour during SXSW 2006. Want to find out how to promote your company at SXSW Interactive? Contact Katie King for more info. ]]> Latest News 2006-07-18T11:39:00-05:00 http://2006.sxsw.com/bits_n_bytes/pivot/entry.php?id=133 http://2006.sxsw.com/bits_n_bytes/pivot/entry.php?id=133#comm At a time when the United States Senate continues to debate the future of net neutrality, a recent story on CNet reveals that the federal government is seeking the power to monitor all e-mall transmissions in this country. According to the report by Declan McCullagh, "The FBI has drafted sweeping legislation that would require Internet service providers to create wiretapping hubs for police surveillance and force makers of networking gear to build in backdoors for eavesdropping." As noted in by CNet, the proposed legislation would require any manufacturer of "routing" and "addressing" hardware to offer upgrades or other modifications that are needed to support Internet wiretapping -- it would also authorize the expansion of wiretapping requirements to commercial Internet services including instant messaging if the FCC deems it to be in the public interest. While we understand that monitoring e-mail may enable the government to prevent some criminal activity, we strongly dispute that the imagined benefits of this surveillance will outweigh the clear loss of privacy that will ensue if these policies are implemented. Stay tuned for more information on this disturbing story. Journalist, programmer, photographer, and Politech founder Declan McCullagh pictured at right. 133@http://sxsw.com/interactive/bits_n_bytes/ At a time when the United States Senate continues to debate the future of net neutrality, a recent story on CNet reveals that the federal government is seeking the power to monitor all e-mall transmissions in this country. According to the report by Declan McCullagh, "The FBI has drafted sweeping legislation that would require Internet service providers to create wiretapping hubs for police surveillance and force makers of networking gear to build in backdoors for eavesdropping." As noted in by CNet, the proposed legislation would require any manufacturer of "routing" and "addressing" hardware to offer upgrades or other modifications that are needed to support Internet wiretapping -- it would also authorize the expansion of wiretapping requirements to commercial Internet services including instant messaging if the FCC deems it to be in the public interest.

While we understand that monitoring e-mail may enable the government to prevent some criminal activity, we strongly dispute that the imagined benefits of this surveillance will outweigh the clear loss of privacy that will ensue if these policies are implemented. Stay tuned for more information on this disturbing story. Journalist, programmer, photographer, and Politech founder Declan McCullagh pictured at right. ]]> Latest News 2006-07-14T13:30:00-05:00 http://2006.sxsw.com/bits_n_bytes/pivot/entry.php?id=132 http://2006.sxsw.com/bits_n_bytes/pivot/entry.php?id=132#comm A new marketing vehicle for 2007 is SXSWorld, a quarterly magazine-style publication that will be sent out throughout the year to past and current registrants of SXSW Interactive, Film and Music Festivals. Each issue will feature in-depth interviews, updates and highlights of the upcoming festivals. To find out how you can advertise in SXSWorld, be sure to check out the 2007 SXSW Marketing Brochure, set to hit in early August. The Marketing Brochure is filled with creative opportunities for promoting your service, product or idea to SXSW attendees. Plan ahead and save -- 20% discount off the listed rates for a booth, ad or insert through Sept. 29! Contact Katie King for information on how to market your company, service or product via the 2007 event. 132@http://sxsw.com/interactive/bits_n_bytes/ A new marketing vehicle for 2007 is SXSWorld, a quarterly magazine-style publication that will be sent out throughout the year to past and current registrants of SXSW Interactive, Film and Music Festivals. Each issue will feature in-depth interviews, updates and highlights of the upcoming festivals.

To find out how you can advertise in SXSWorld, be sure to check out the 2007 SXSW Marketing Brochure, set to hit in early August. The Marketing Brochure is filled with creative opportunities for promoting your service, product or idea to SXSW attendees.

Plan ahead and save -- 20% discount off the listed rates for a booth, ad or insert through Sept. 29! Contact Katie King for information on how to market your company, service or product via the 2007 event. ]]> Latest News 2006-07-12T17:48:00-05:00 http://2006.sxsw.com/bits_n_bytes/pivot/entry.php?id=131 http://2006.sxsw.com/bits_n_bytes/pivot/entry.php?id=131#comm As part of a promotion in the July edition of the SXSW Interactive Festival monthly listserve, Tina Silverstein has won a FREE registration to the second annual BlogHer Conference, scheduled July 28-29 in San Jose. Congrats to Tina on her winnings. And, congrats as well to Elisa Camahort, Jory Des Jardins, Lisa Stone and all the other great folks at BlogHer on all the pre-event buzz surrounding their two-day celebration of personal publishing from a female perspective. In addition to organizing the incredible confab in July, these three women helped put together several intriguing panels at the 2006 SXSW Interactive Festival. In fact, their organizational efforts were instrumental in terms of getting more top-notch women involved as both speakers and attendees at last year's event. 131@http://sxsw.com/interactive/bits_n_bytes/ As part of a promotion in the July edition of the SXSW Interactive Festival monthly listserve, Tina Silverstein has won a FREE registration to the second annual BlogHer Conference, scheduled July 28-29 in San Jose. Congrats to Tina on her winnings. And, congrats as well to Elisa Camahort, Jory Des Jardins, Lisa Stone and all the other great folks at BlogHer on all the pre-event buzz surrounding their two-day celebration of personal publishing from a female perspective. In addition to organizing the incredible confab in July, these three women helped put together several intriguing panels at the 2006 SXSW Interactive Festival. In fact, their organizational efforts were instrumental in terms of getting more top-notch women involved as both speakers and attendees at last year's event. ]]> Latest News 2006-07-11T11:17:00-05:00 http://2006.sxsw.com/bits_n_bytes/pivot/entry.php?id=130 http://2006.sxsw.com/bits_n_bytes/pivot/entry.php?id=130#comm Congrats to Kareem Mayan, who works as a product manager for Fox Interactive in Los Angeles. Kareem's name was randomly selected from the dozens of people who correctly answered the trivia question associated with the July 2006 edition of the SXSW Interactive Festival monthly listserve. He knew that the name of name the Chicago-based t-shirt company that has pioneered the trend of allowing the community to vote on potential design ideas is Threadless. For providing the correct answer to this trivia question, Kareem wins a FREE registration to the 2007 SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled Friday, March 9 through Tuesday, March 13 in Austin). We will be giving away another free registration as part of the August listserve -- and will continue this practice with each succeeding monthly listserve. Sign up here to receive these information-packed e-mail updates that will keep you up to date on all things SXSW Interactive. Also, stay tuned to this website, as we will soon be launching an interface that will allow the web community to vote on the panel ideas for the 2007 SXSW interactive Festival. 130@http://sxsw.com/interactive/bits_n_bytes/ Congrats to Kareem Mayan, who works as a product manager for Fox Interactive in Los Angeles. Kareem's name was randomly selected from the dozens of people who correctly answered the trivia question associated with the July 2006 edition of the SXSW Interactive Festival monthly listserve. He knew that the name of name the Chicago-based t-shirt company that has pioneered the trend of allowing the community to vote on potential design ideas is Threadless.

For providing the correct answer to this trivia question, Kareem wins a FREE registration to the 2007 SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled Friday, March 9 through Tuesday, March 13 in Austin). We will be giving away another free registration as part of the August listserve -- and will continue this practice with each succeeding monthly listserve. Sign up here to receive these information-packed e-mail updates that will keep you up to date on all things SXSW Interactive.

Also, stay tuned to this website, as we will soon be launching an interface that will allow the web community to vote on the panel ideas for the 2007 SXSW interactive Festival. ]]> Latest News 2006-07-10T13:33:00-05:00 http://2006.sxsw.com/bits_n_bytes/pivot/entry.php?id=129 http://2006.sxsw.com/bits_n_bytes/pivot/entry.php?id=129#comm We are pleased to announce fifteen finalists competing in this summer's SXSWclick Media Festival! Vote now for your favorite (once daily through midnight on July 26th) to determine who will take home the Popularity Contest Award. In addition to the Popularity Contest Award, winners in each of the five categories will be announced July 28th. The category winners will be selected by an amazing set of jurors including: Keith Bearden, Margaret Brown, Amanda Congdon, Kirby Dick, Mike Hudack, Danny Leiner, Karina Longworth, Jason Reitman, Bob Sabiston, Karen Schmeer, Deborah Scranton, Morgan Spurlock, Joe Swanberg, Laura Swisher and more. Special thanks to the SXSWclick Media Partners: Austinist, BackStage.com, FilmThreat, Gawker, The Hollywood Reporter, IndieWire, ProductionHub.com and Rotten Tomatoes. "Playing Chicken: The Movie" pictured at left. 129@http://sxsw.com/interactive/bits_n_bytes/ We are pleased to announce fifteen finalists competing in this summer's SXSWclick Media Festival! Vote now for your favorite (once daily through midnight on July 26th) to determine who will take home the Popularity Contest Award.

In addition to the Popularity Contest Award, winners in each of the five categories will be announced July 28th. The category winners will be selected by an amazing set of jurors including: Keith Bearden, Margaret Brown, Amanda Congdon, Kirby Dick, Mike Hudack, Danny Leiner, Karina Longworth, Jason Reitman, Bob Sabiston, Karen Schmeer, Deborah Scranton, Morgan Spurlock, Joe Swanberg, Laura Swisher and more.

Special thanks to the SXSWclick Media Partners: Austinist, BackStage.com, FilmThreat, Gawker, The Hollywood Reporter, IndieWire, ProductionHub.com and Rotten Tomatoes. "Playing Chicken: The Movie" pictured at left. ]]> Latest News 2006-07-05T16:29:00-05:00