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11:00am
The Field of Dreams Manifesto
With easy access to new technologies, resources, and ideas, more and more startups outside the Valley and the Alley are finding early success in places like Kansas City, Missouri and Des Moines, Iowa.Having assisted or launched several startups outside the traditional ecosystems, Dwolla’s Ben Milne and Zaarly’s Bo Fishback will discuss the role that the Internet has had in leveling the playing field for the builders of the 21st century. Moderated by Big Omaha and Silicon Prairie News founder, Jeff Slobotski, the candid conversation will provide audiences an unfettered, behind-the-scenes look at how one region is overcoming the odds and cultivating an entirely new kind of startup manifesto."
Speakers
CEO | Zaarly
Founder | Silicon Prairie News | Jeff Slobotski is the Co-Founder...
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Hashtag #sxsw #Manifesto
Theme Late Break and Future15
Level Beginner
Website http://schedule.sxsw.com/2012/events/event_IAP100392
12:30pm
3:30pm
5:00pm
How Digital Maps Navigate the Human Condition
Digital is recasting the landscape of maps, a metamorphosis that’s not yet complete. It has rewritten the rules by which maps behave and what they can do. This makes it not just an inflection point in the map category but in the history of human experience. We’ll share the latest development in map technology and show how a collection of digital and non digital inputs – including past history, social media and even mood - when added to basic geographic wayfaring expands the boundaries of human possibility. It’s navigation that enriches the human condition like never before. You may never see a map the same way again.
Speakers
Dir of Mktg & Digital Strategy | SapientNitro | Guy is a Director...
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Hashtag #sxsw #heraldry
Theme Late Break and Future15
Level Intermediate
Website http://schedule.sxsw.com/2012/events/event_IAP13158
9:30am
Companion Gaming: Strategies for Cross-Platform Releases
The rise of smartphones, tablets, and a diversity of casual and hardcore gaming platforms now means that there are a variety of places where an interested gamer can consume a game brand. It is increasingly likely that a player will have multiple of these devices and will use them all for gameplay. What are the ramifications that this new reality has on the development of a successful game brand? If you assume that a player is going to want to play the game on different platforms, how can you leverage the game properly for each market and technology? How should the different implementations relate? Where is a simple port needed, and where you need a completely new design? This panel explores the current experimentation and the future possibilities inherent with cross-platform game release.
Speakers
Co-Founder / CCO | Playmatics
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Panel
Theme Late Break and Future15
Level Beginner
Website http://schedule.sxsw.com/2012/events/event_IAP100677
11:00am
12:30pm
3:30pm
Liberating Data with Interactive Charts
Data has been freely available on the web since its inception, but it has always been difficult to access and even harder to digest. Recently, a small but growing group of intrepid data geeks have been scrounging the web for data and turning it into something useful and comprehensible: an interactive visualization! This presentation will show you some of the most intriguing visualizations that have been published in the past year and even how to create your own. Perhaps most importantly, you will leave understanding why these visualizations and their creators are so important to the future of the web.
Speakers
Data Analyst | Tableau Software | I joined Tableau Software as...
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Solo
Hashtag #sxsw #freedata
Theme Late Break and Future15
Level Intermediate
Website http://schedule.sxsw.com/2012/events/event_IAP10407
5:00pm
Occupying Media: 24 Hour Protest People
The Occupy Wall Street Movement began in September, 2011 with the goal of holding a 24/7 public protest at the nerve center of American finance. Uniquely among American mass protest movements, the "occupation" used a variety of specially configured audio, video and social media resources to built an independent media capacity to extend the reach of its message and bypass mainstream media filters. These systems emphasized the role of the citizen observer over traditional media engagement strategies, and by creating "news" and validating events through shared experience, they helped the occupation movement achieve and sustain critical mass. This panel features members from various occupation sites who have worked on national media efforts.
Speakers
Managing Director | Artisan Technology Solutions | Computer Geek...
Co Founder and Chief Tech Officer | Free Network Foundation...
Epolitics.com | Colin Delany is founder and editor of Epolitics.com...
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N/A | OWS | Priscilla "grimwomyn" Grim is only one voice of the...
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Panel
Hashtag #sxsw #OccuMedia
Theme Late Break and Future15
Level Intermediate
Website http://schedule.sxsw.com/2012/events/event_IAP100365
9:30am
But Are You a Real Journalist? #jan25 #occupy
The Whole World is Watching: From Tahrir Square to Homs to Zuccotti Park, citizen journalists and ordinary people are using social media, video and cell phones to document their stories and revolutions. New York Times reporter Jennifer Preston will moderate a panel w/ Jigar Mehta of the "18 Days in Egypt" project; Tim Pool, live stream video reporter of Occupy Wall Street movement; Eric Carvin, social media editor, Associated Press and Chris Michael from Witness.org. The panelists would like this to be a conversation so please bring your thoughts and questions about how technology is blurring the lines between traditional and citizen journalism -- and what that means. We will also remember those who lost their lives in recent months trying to report what was going on.#citizensx
Speakers
Social Media Editor | Associated Press | Eric Carvin is the social...
Staff Writer/Social Media Reporter | The New York Times
Media Innovation Strategist | 18 Days In Egypt | Jigar Mehta...
Independent Journalist | Tim Pool is a journalist whose unique...
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Panel
Hashtag #sxsw #citizensx
Theme Late Break and Future15
Level Advanced
Website http://schedule.sxsw.com/2012/events/event_IAP100706
11:00am
12:30pm
Mixed-Reality Gaming: Evolution in Entertainment
The rise of smartphones, tablets and social gaming has led to an explosion of mobile gamers. Just as Angry Birds and Farmville took mainstream gaming away from the console, the rise of mixed and augmented reality – where virtual worlds interact with physical objects – is already forming the next epoch of play. As an emerging area of gaming, mixed reality finds a new load of challenges for both the creators and the user as a consumer. Falling within a spectrum between the real world and digital world, mixed reality is an undiscovered spot that will quickly find its way on the rise.
Speakers
CEO | Orbotix | Paul is the CEO of Orbotix and joined the company...
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Solo
Hashtag #sxsw #MixedGame
Theme Late Break and Future15
Level Intermediate
Website http://schedule.sxsw.com/2012/events/event_IAP100393
3:30pm
Social Discovery: Implicit and Explicit Graphs
The term “social graph” was coined originally to describe the network of connections we already knew we had such as friends on Facebook or professional contacts on LinkedIn.More recently, graphs that are inferred as a result of other primary activities – e.g. - commenting on a website (Disqus), expressing a taste preference (Foursquare), sharing a new website (Tumblr), etc. – have emerged in a big way, particularly in advancing discovery and recommendations. Even platforms for which explicit connections are core – e.g. Twitter, Tumblr, Foursquare and others – are realizing the value in the implicit relationships that form over time.Some of these actions are explicit, such as checking in, buying a product from amazon - both which influence the future experience on both services.We plan to delve into examples within Foursquare, Disqus, Tumblr, and others to provide an understanding of both implicit and explicit social graphs and actions.
Speakers
Dir of Business Dev | Foursquare | Eric Friedman is Director...
VP | DISQUS | Ro is responsible for business development and...
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Panel
Hashtag #sxsw #SocialDisc
Theme Late Break and Future15
Level Intermediate
Website http://schedule.sxsw.com/2012/events/event_IAP8500
5:00pm
Better Living with Motion Sensors
All the major game consoles now have movement sensors, as do most smart phones, and cameras capable of motion detection are everywhere in our daily lives. Taking full advantage of this radical change in input possibilities requires an equally radical shift in design thinking and aims. Our panel will show and discuss examples of playful movement-based experiences on a range of platforms that take on challenges such as reducing math anxiety, building trust and connection, and making login so pleasurable we *want* to do it often. The panel includes three researcher/designers with experience building and writing about/discussing movement-based interaction, and a moderator who manages one of NYC’s best-known independent game venues. Why does movement design matter for everyday interface design?
Speakers
Game Designer, Producer & Researcher | USC School of Cinematic...
Director, Game Innovation Lab | Nyu-Poly | Katherine Isbister...
New Media Installation Technologist | Lumalus Inc | Matt Parker...
Curator | Babycastles
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Panel
Hashtag #sxsw #motionsens
Theme Late Break and Future15
Level Intermediate
Website http://schedule.sxsw.com/2012/events/event_IAP100590
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