Among notable speakers on internet culture at SXSW, Clay Shirky gave a talk "Monkeys with Internet Access: Sharing, Human Nature, and Digital Data ( Read more... )

Alcatel-Lucent Eleven API lounge at SXSW was a fabulous place to hang out when I didn't have another place to be. Dimly lit, with sleek white couches arranged in a circle resembling a vaguely familiar corporate logo (but not the Alcatel-Lucent logo, so perhaps the similarity was incidental) it had plenty of power outlets to charge laptops and ( Read more... )

In the "Seven Years in Online Dating" panel ("Since 2003, online dating has evolved in how web sites, profiles and photos are constructed to attract potential mates. Expectations and resultant relationships have changed as well. In this talk we illustrate how web site design and user savvy have created an alternate universe of intimate social ( Read more... )

It took me 4 days to find time to write this post, but my Sunday morning at SXSW was interesting. At 10 a.m. I went to a brunch sponsored by Adobe in the Austin Convention Center. I was there at 10 o'clock sharp, but the self-serve food line was already snaking out the door. After 20 minutes of standing in line, the food ran out. I was the second ( Read more... )

Facebook Developer Garage, another open-to-the-public event I went to during SXSWi, left me with mixed impressions. It took place in the Pangaea lounge. With its curvy, low, plush benches, dim light, and a wooden decor accent resembling a giant pipe organ, it's a sleek place to hang out, but a poor venue to hold an educational tech event. There was ( Read more... )

I didn't get to see much of Barcamp. Because Steve had classes that weekend, I stayed home with Erika most of Saturday. I got to BarCamp close to 5 pm. Since it started at 9 am, I missed most presentations. The few remaining ones that were still going on were by various companies (startups, probably) demonstrating their products. Most of them were ( Read more... )

You would think that everyone at an event with a name like Dorkbot would be fond of technology. Certainly the presence of the Robot Group could lead you to think that. Almost fooled me! I saw an interesting sculpture, and assumed it was interactive, like everything else there, only at that time it wasn't interacting with anything. I would have ( Read more... )

I can finally summon some energy and time to blog, not just tweet, about South by Southwest. First of all, I didn't even go to SXSW, only to public events. That alone was enough to keep me very busy ( Read more... )

Geek Breakfast or sleep? It was no contest. Sleep won, after being siphoned away throughout the night by child who kept awakening and crying #

Wonder if I should go to Facebook Developer Garage (assuming it's open to non- #sxswi -badge holders) or to Girls In Tech BBQ @ Conjunctured #

The line at Pangaea for the Facebook Developer Garage snaked ( Read more... )

At Emo's (with its open air stage) I froze my butt off waiting for a mediocre band to finish playing, so that burlesque could start. #sxswi #

Burlesque was worth the wait. Those gals really are performers-they can act, not just strip. Still I left during intermission.Frozen. #sxswi #

Also wondering why some of the cupcakes submitted for judging ( ( Read more... )