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SoundCloud Open House is a showcase of innovative audio and music start-ups from across the SoundCloud app ecosystem.
Discover the best from web, iOS, Android and desktop sound creation & editing, storytelling and promotion, hosted by the world's leading social sound platform.
Entry to the exhibition space is by invitation.
Click here to tell us when you'd like to visit.
Start SXSW right with hot coffee, vibrant conversation, and a lake view. Our community weekly mixes entrepreneurs, artists, technologists, pranksters, and teachers for benevolent conspiracy. Come on down. Share what you're looking forward to at the conference, and get the inside track from Austin locals. We look forward to meeting you and helping you out. Bring it.
More info: http://regulars.tumblr.com.
Entrepreneurs and investors, please join us for a special edition of Open Coffee Austin during SXSW Interactive. Grab a cup of coffee on Jo's patio and connect with others at different points along the way in their entrepreneurial journey. How might you be able to help someone out who is trying to make their way? How could someone help you as you stretch for your entrepreneurial goals? You never know who you might meet. or where things can lead.
https://www.facebook.com/events/245422832202622/
SXcycles is a complimentary bike share program for Platinum, Gold, Interactive and Film registrants. Tern is providing their "Link D8" bicycles for daily use. Registrants can pick up a bike with helmet, locks and BioLogic lights and Commute Bag (so long as supplies last), and be on their way to satellite campuses, film venues or nighttime happenings. Come to 513 East Cesar Chavez Street, directly across from the Austin Convention Center, to pick up one of these sweet Tern Bicycles and enjoy this eco-friendly way to explore the city and all that SXSW has to offer!
SXcycles is a complimentary bike share program for Platinum, Gold, Interactive and Film registrants. Tern is providing their "Link D8" bicycles for daily use. Registrants can pick up a bike with helmet, locks and BioLogic lights and Commute Bag (so long as supplies last), and be on their way to satellite campuses, film venues or nighttime happenings. Come to 513 East Cesar Chavez Street, directly across from the Austin Convention Center, to pick up one of these sweet Tern Bicycles and enjoy this eco-friendly way to explore the city and all that SXSW has to offer!
From the Office of Social Recruiting Intelligence: “Your social recruiting process is barely alive… we can rebuild it. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world’s best bionic (human + technology) social recruitment strategy. Better than it was before. Better…stronger…faster.”
Get ready for an interactive day with top talent industry thinkers from around the world. We’ll learn the latest techniques for Better Employer Branding, Stronger Talent Communities, Faster Sourcing, Location-based / Mobile recruiting, Blogging, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, and the newest Cool Tools!
Those who have attended TalentNet Live events in Dallas, Chicago, San Antonio and Austin know that this is no ordinary conference. This will be FAST, FURIOUS, and FUN! Get hands-on methods for a stronger grip on social recruiting to put into practice immediately. The future is now.
Amazingly, all this won’t cost you six million dollars. In fact, it will cost around $60 bucks if you hurry.
Austin, Texas: home to a diverse landscape of coworking spaces, the Global Coworking Unconference Conference (GCUC), and the Coworking Space Ship’s first stop on its North American tour. It starts with a treasure hunt roving all across Austin, and ends with a party at Conjunctured coworking space.
9am-5pm: The Coworking Treasure Hunt
We have prepared a self-guided tour for you in the form of a Treasure Hunt as a part of day two of the GCUC. Follow our map and visit as many of the coworking spaces in the Austin area that you can to collect the coworking clues, for a chance to win 3 one-month tickets (up to €250/US$330 each) to any coworking space or spaces in the world, and other prizes.
The Coworking Treasure Hunt will lead your exploration of the diverse landscape of coworking in Austin.
As Austin is large and the terrain tough, it may be advisable to make a friend, team-up, rent a car, take a bus, divide the task, or simply run!
So far nine spaces are on the map: Conjunctured, CoSpace, GoLab Austin, HubAustin Coworking, Link Coworking, Perch Coworking, Soma Vida, Space 12 and Tech Ranch.
On Friday 9 March they will be ready for all visitors with smiles, information, mini-tours, and of course the ever important clues. Maps and further information coming soon.
The winners will be announced at the closing party.
6pm-11pm: The GCUC Coworking Closing Party
All conference participants are invited to Conjunctured for a final evening of information, mixing, mingling, connecting, live music, and cheers over some locally brewed beers – on Deskwanted & Deskmag of course. The party is free and open to everyone – half of the tickets are reserved for GCUC participants, but also all local coworkers and people who are interested in coworking can take part in for free.
So, you may be asking yourself, what is a mini TOC? Well, for one - it's small. The attendance for Mini TOCs are limited - at Mini TOC Austin, we'll have a maximum crowd of 200 smart, engaging bookish, techy people.
And small is good. While the focus at mini TOC is on the intersection of technology and publishing -- just like at the "big" TOCs, at Mini TOCs, the crowd is small, the atmosphere is intimate and informal, and all the emphasis is on attendees and presenters sharing the conversations.
At Mini TOC Austin, the presentations are just the jumping off point for discussions that involve everyone in attendance. We mix up the format so there will be some "thinky" idea-oriented sessions where presenters will lead discussions post-preso -- and some "do-y" technical Q+As, where attendees can ask the experts about things like digital conversion, layout and UX. It's FOO Camp meets BookCamp, meets unconference, meets TOC, meets (sorta kinda) MakerFaire.
Last year we took the Michigan Girl Geek dinners on the road to SXSW with smashing success and we're doing it again this year! Join us for a Girl Geek Brunch - SXSW Style!
Tired of being one of the only females at a tech event? You're not the only one! There's more of us! It's time all of us Girl Geeks got together, had dinner (or in this case brunch) and learned from each other. Since the evenings at SXSW can get quite busy, we decided to change it up a bit and have brunch before things get crazy.
We're meeting up this year on Friday, March 9th from 10am -12pm at the TRIO restaurant in the Four Seasons Hotel.
TRIO has generously offered to host our group and will be offering their prix fix brunch menu with several choices. Attendees will be responsible for their own brunch as this is an un-sponsored event.
***Men are more than welcome to attend. You just need an invite from a female attending the event! Just mention the female who invited you in the event comments.
You can learn more about Girl Geek dinners here: http://girlgeekdinners.com/
PLEASE RSVP NO LATER THAN MONDAY MARCH 5th.
Come check out downtown Austin's premier coworking space for creative professionals and entrepreneurs! From March 9 to March 14th, GoLab Austin will be hosting a series of small talks and events for startups and creative professionals. Seating is limited so it will be first come first serve - registration is NOT confirmation of a seat. Its free and you don't need a badge to participate.
You can also stop by and get a little work done at GoLab Austin (really? It's SXSW!), we'll have free coworking all week!
Rx: Self Medicated Film Expo posts up for a 3rd year during SXSW
Films will run from noon til 4am each night. Check the website for Programming
WWW.RxSM.ORG
Comp booze!
Show details TBA soon!
Take A Shot & A Walk With Trover
Bottoms up! Join Trover for a 45-minute, tequila-fueled walking tour of East Austin's secret gardens, food trailers and street art. Tours leave every hour starting at 12:15 pm through 5:15 pm each day, Friday March 9 through Monday March 12. Meet outside the Liberty Tavern at the big orange balloon, south side of the Hilton, across from the Convention Center.
Alcatel-Lucent is rolling out the red carpet again and playing host at the sassy “ultra-lounge.” Devs, techies, entrepreneurs and VCs are invited to relax, recharge, drink & grub with ALU’s NG Connect team and partners. Fight the flashes on the step and repeat, cameo appearances from tech & celeb stars, and the juiciest SXSW gossip live. VentureBeat will host live interviews while the TechZulu live stream brings you the inside scooop on the latest innovations and shenanigans at SXSWi.
Swing by each day for a plethora (love that word) of brain melting content coupled with some downright delightful activities. We've got daily open forum Q&A sessions with our lounge partners, including NXP, Mobile Monday, and Moki Mobility, Appcelerator ice-cream socials, a Gig Tank beer pong tournament, Flurry hosted cocktail receptions, IDA Singapore movie showings... and the fun doesnt end there.
*SXSWi badge required for admittance.
Have questions? Need help? Stop by our office hours and chat with our community, business, product and engineering teams!
Are you struggling to market your startup? Do you have a great idea, but aren’t sure how to reach your audience and get customers? Even if you have the greatest product, marketing your product may be more difficult than you think. This workshop will cover the most effective and unusual marketing tactics that work for startups. You’ll learn how to get big results with a small budget and compete against companies that have more money and more resources.
Aching feet? Thirsty? Stop by Intel’s meet up lounge and decompress with internet access, refreshments, and good company.
Join us for portfolio reviews, life drawing workshops, informal talks and more with TheArtDepartment.org and ConceptArt.org
The 2012 SXSW ScreenBurn Arcade is where the latest video game industry announcements, product demos and exciting game tournaments happen. ScreenBurn brings together the different worlds of gaming, including console, PC, mobile, toys, board games and comics to SXSW registrants and the general public through hands-on demos, panels, tournaments, networking events and more. Anyone can experience the FREE and open-to-the-public ScreenBurn Arcade, where industry and enthusiasts engage.
The 2012 SXSW ScreenBurn Arcade sponsored by Alienware is the place to be for the latest gaming announcements, product demos, cosplay competitions and exciting professional gaming tournaments.
Schedule available at SXSW.com.
Most startup entrepreneurs, investors and incubators will tell you that two founders are better than one. What they won't tell you is two founders are more likely to try to kill each other - or at least kill their startup. Co-founder disasters are a bit of an industry taboo. We never hear about most of them. Many great entrepreneurs have had to sacrifice a beloved startup to learn valuable life lessons about working with partners. This panel brings together four entrepreneurs who lost their prior startups to infighting but survived to tell their tales in the hope that you can avoid some of their mistakes.
We had so much fun at SXSWi Mobile Meetup last year that I'm doing it again!
Are you a mobile nut, mobile blogger,mobile developer, mobile entrepreneur? Come commensurate with your fellow mobile nuts over a few beers (or ciders or whatever).
We don't care if you carry an iPhone, Nokia, BlackBerry, Windows Phone or Android - come hang out and lets talk mobile and get to know each other. We'll gather at the Ginger Man Pub - a short 5 minute walk from the Convention Center. They have like 50+ taps of some amazing beers and a large selection of cider as well
Brought to you thanks to the help of Nokia and Wireless Industry Partnership.
Women in Wireless Sorority House at SXSW!
WHEN: Friday, March 9th – Monday, March 12th
WHERE: WiW ‘Sorority’ House
1189 E. Branch Street
Austin, TX 78702
Attending SXSW this year? Make sure to stop by the Women in Wireless house, where we’ll be hosting a pre-party ‘Lounge’ every night from 4:00- 7:00 pm. Its the perfect place to be whether you’re looking to refresh and unwind with familiar faces, or to start your night off with a bang before venturing out in Downtown Austin. We will be giving out exclusive WiW @ SXSW T-shirts to the first 40 attendees. Wine and hors’ deouvres will also be served.
To learn more about the Lounge and to RSVP, visit the links below:
FUNimation presents a hosted happy hour celebration of the upcoming animated films Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker and Mass Effect: Paragon Lost.
Welcome to Austin y'all! Join us for some delicious grub from Franklin BBQ. They will be serving up their famous brisket while we keep the cold ones coming. We'll also have a special performance by The Lumineers!
Synthetic biology aims to re-engineer living cells to sustainably produce fuels, medicines, and materials. With the promise of a new industrial revolution on the horizon, understanding the language of biotechnology will be more crucial than ever. This panel features a new generation of leaders in biotechnology from industry, academia, art and design discussing the future of biology.
The Lean Startup debuted at #2 on the New York Times bestseller list. This talk draws on stories and insights from the book, explaining the new science of entrepreneurship. Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched. Eric Ries defines a startup as an organization dedicated to creating something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty. This is just as true for one person in a garage or a group of seasoned professionals in a Fortune 500 boardroom. What they have in common is a mission to penetrate that fog of uncertainty to discover a successful path to a sustainable business. The Lean Startup approach fosters companies that are both more capital efficient and that leverage human creativity more effectively. Inspired by lessons from lean manufacturing, it relies on “validated learning,” rapid scientific experimentation, as well as a number of counterintuitive practices that shorten product development cycles, measure actual progress without resorting to vanity metrics, and learn what customers really want. It enables a company to shift directions with agility, altering plans inch by inch, minute by minute.
WOMMA is teaming up with Spredfast to bring WOMMA members together at SXSW for a Happy Hour.
It's Wine Wednesday, Southern Style, except we swapped the wine for beer and Wednesday for Friday. But, the objective is still the same...to drink, network, and talk WOMM! So join fellow WOMMA members before all the craziness of SXSW kicks off and get the scoop on what SXSWi has to offer...from the Word of Mouth ambassadors who'll be there with you.
Space is limited to 50 WOMMA members, so RSVP ASAP!
As an added bonus, attendance gives you Spredfast VIP badge and status with:
Oh how we love SXSWi. We know how to get the party started. Join Pervasive, Convio, Marketo, Oracle | RightNow and Zuora for a networking happy hour at Annie’s. Attendees will have a chance to meet and speak with the hosting teams, customers and SXSW attendees on a variety of topics.
**No SXSW badge needed to attend.
No badge required, but attendees must have the BestBuzz app on their smartphone, and can rsvp here: http://bit.ly/BuzzSXSW
We've got free booze, swag, live music, and much more!
Canon is proud to be a part of the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and inspire all filmmakers to imagine more. That was the story behind Project Imagin8ion, the first photo contest to inspire a Hollywood film. After receiving 96,362 photo submissions, the Winning 8 were chosen by Ron Howard, setting the stage for his production, "when you find me," shot on the new Canon Cinema EOS C300.
We're coming to Austin and taking over Easy Tiger Bake Shop & Beer Garden for three nights! Join us for great food, great beer and live music…with a special appearance by Nadia G of Nadia G's Bitchin Kitchen on Friday & Saturday!
First come, first serve. Must be 21 and over. RSVP is for all 3 nights.
The North of 41 lounge is back for our annual event at SxSW Interactive. This year is going to be better than ever! We have a ton of activities that are planned for you starting at 5:30pm on Friday March 9th. We are located at 401 E. Sixth St. @ the Old School grill. Canada Lounge is a 30 second walk from the Convention Center.
We will be doing various product giveaways all weekend. We will be hosting a number of parties including a "Welcome to Austin Party" on March 9th. There will also be a couple of panel discussions taking place starting at 4:00pm on Sat March 10th. For more information and to sign up for each individual event, go to our website. www.northof41.org .
We also want to thank Digby/Metabridge for hosting our VIP Lounge at the venue. While you are there check out the cutting edge mobile e-commerce technology to come out of Digby! http://www.digby.com/
Make sure to stop in at the Canada Lounge to charge up your laptop and grab a drink with friends. We have plenty of space for meetings and while you are in the venue, check out the companies who are displaying at the lounge.
The Showcase Companies are:
Clearfit
Empire Avenue
Syzzle
Wattpad
Yapagame
Make sure to follow us on Twitter for the latest updates. @northof41. We look forward to seeing you in Austin at North of 41.
To contact us, email: info@northof41.org
North of 41 is an organization whose sole mission is to help entrepreneurs expand their contacts across country borders. We bring technology from local to global!
Join Trover and local street artists for a Live Art Party!
Participating artists include; Slokeone, Kristopher Kotcher, Mez One, Micca Toone. Please check our Facebook page for additional artist announcements.
Each day a different artist will paint a Hidden Gem unique to Austin. You can even tag the walls of our urban art gallery too.
Have a drink on us while you get your art and food trailer fix on.
It does exactly what it says in the title! Here's some info from the bar themselves: Kung Fu Saloon has a variety of vintage arcade games and table games you can enjoy while celebrating with friends or just hanging out enjoying the great atmosphere.
Open to everyone - so come on down and join us for a well deserved SXSW 2012 chill out!
To guarantee your spot, make sure you also RSVP over on the official uberlife hangout page so you can keep up to date with fellow attendees ahead of the hangout and we'll post any updates there:
ListenerApproved.com presents The Listener Approved Launch Party @ SXSW on March 9th at The Mohawk in Austin, Texas.
Featuring live performances by -
Michal Menert & Paul Basic (Pretty Lights Music), Texas' own Govinda, Derek VanScoten (D.V.S*), BedRockk, The Color Pharmacy, Mr. Free And The Satellite Freakout and Sweet Bandana.
Free music, free admission, free schwag, what badge!?
RSVP above or if you're feeling VIP head on over this way -
http://ListenerApprovedSXSW.mogotix.com/
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Michal Menert
Fort Collins, Colorado
(Pretty Lights Music)
http://MichalMenert.com/
http://facebook.com/MichalMenert
http://twitter.com/MichalMenert
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Paul Basic
Fort Collins, Colorado
(Pretty Lights Music)
http://PaulBasic.com/
http://facebook.com/PaulBasic
http://twitter.com/PaulBasic
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Govinda
Austin, Texas
http://govindamusic.com/
https://facebook.com/govindamusic
http://twitter.com/govindamusic
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Derek VanScoten (D.V.S*)
Brooklyn, New York
http://DVSMusic.com/
https://facebook.com/DVSMusic
https://twitter.com/derekvanscoten
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BedRockk
Denver, Colorado
https://facebook.com/bedrockkmusic
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The Color Pharmacy
Minneapolis, Minnesota
http://thecolorpharmacy.com/
https://facebook.com/thecolorx
http://twitter.com/TheColorX
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Mr. Free And The Satellite Freakout
Tucson, Arizona
http://www.satellitefreakout.com/
https://facebook.com/mrfreeandthesatellitefreakout
http://twitter.com/mfsf
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Sweet Bandana
Austin, Texas
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Listener Approved
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With the twenty-first century comes a new breed of artist: the indie game designer. These innovators design and program their distinctly personal games in the hope that they may find connection and success. After years of work, designer Edmund McMillen and programmer Tommy Refenes work toward the release of their first major game for Xbox, Super Meat Boy. At a big video-game expo, developer Phil Fish unveils his highly anticipated, FEZ. Designer Jonathan Blow considers a new game after his very successful game, Braid. Four developers, three games, one ultimate goal— to express oneself through a video game.
The Austin Chronicle recommends this event in "Joystick Joy: Two Mediums, Same Ethos at Play."
You are invited to the 3rd Annual Ignite Social Media Party!
Join Jim Tobin, Jason Falls, Tim Hayden, Expion and other gracious hosts to fire up the lights of Austin!
Each March, swarms of bright minds fly into Austin, landing in one corner of town on a Friday night. This is the place to see and meet them all at once.
Tasty BBQ, drinks, a silly photo or two, and a surprise way we'll capture the moments shared at the party!
Two floors, one big party - Kick back downstairs or boogie on the rooftop deck of Molotov.
Get your swerve on at the 3rd Annual Ignite Social Media Party and bring your friends (no SXSW badge required).
This event made possible by these gracious partners:
Ignite Social Media
Social Media Explorer
Expion
44Doors
Get ready for Feast of Fun at the SXSW Queer Meetup. Follow @oilcanharrys and @feastoffun on Twitter for the hosted bar and food.
Network with other queer/LGBT bloggers, filmmakers and musicians including Fausto Fernós and Marc Felion from the Feast of Fun podcast (www.feastoffun.com). Hosted bar for SXSW attendees, free.
Did I mention free? Food, booze and fun!
More Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/396135530401203/
Catch up with the #140conf Community while you are at SXSW. Jeff Pulver is holding a Texas style cocktail party at Lanai. The lights will be up, the music low, the energy will be high, and you can enjoy interacting in a space just right for making connections and creating lasting relationships. You decide which state is bigger, the State of NOW or the State of Texas.
What better way to kick off SXSW than going Back to the Future? Airbnb, Vayable, and Getaround invite you to jump into your time machine, Tesla, sailboat, or other transportation mode of choice to share an evening with us.
We're celebrating the future of travel, with an ode to old-school travel, and the inspiring people and places that are alongside us as we lead the way. You'll get to meet all the great Austinites who provide places to stay and things to do in Austin during SXSW, as well as the founders and core communities of Airbnb, Vayable, and Getaround!
We have a few surprises up our sleeves, too. So come early, enjoy a few drinks on us, snack on some appetizers, and meet some amazing people. The first 50 people to show up will get a SXSW survival pack full of things that will help sustain you through the next week (or two) of parties.
Featuring:
DJ Kidhack
Generously powered by our friends at:
Taskrabbit
Sponsorfied
Moonshine Whiskey
Prezel Crisps
For invites, please message us with some information about yourself at party@vayable.com. Please note that because there is limited capacity, not everyone will receive an invite. Thanks!
Hello Somebody along with Kammok brings the musical act Seryn, named by Paste Magazine “The best live act of SXSW 2011”, to headline an evening that will be honoring Malaria No More’s battle to end malaria deaths in Africa by 2015.
This show is all ages and free. Doors Open at 7pm: Show begins at 8pm
Opening for Seryn will be Austin’s own Lamar Stockton and the Mourning Doves, a country/folk band that is made up of some of Austin’s brightest emerging musicians including violinist Brian Batch from Alpha Rev. Ryan Edgar, an emerging talent from Dallas, TX will be opening the evening. Ryan appears on the Hello Somebody compilation album that features The Rocket Summer, The Almost, and other national artists.
We will have free raffle giveaways during the night, including Hello Somebody and Kammok products and will be donating a % of profits to Malaria No More for any product sales throughout the night.
This evening is brought to you by Hello Somebody and is a Kuai Studios production. Hops and Grain brewery will have local craft beer on tap along with 360 Vodka for those over 21. Cazamance Cafe will have their incredible West African Cuisine available for purchase.
The space will be open during the day with internet hotspots for those that need a SXSW break to work/check emails. We will close the doors around 5pm for sound check and re-open doors at 7pm for the show. Tell your friends. Be early. Don't be stuck waiting in line!
Complimentary cocktails on the Do512 tab until it runs out! 21+ Only, no exceptions!
To RSVP, visit the link below. PLEASE NOTE: RSVP does NOT guarantee entry. This event will likely be at capacity and we recommend coming early.
Get Priority Entry! Download either the AirCover OR the Tabbedout app on your iPhone or Android and show it at entry to get in the “fast lane”!
