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SUMMARY:Opening Remarks with Henry Jenkins and Steven Johnson
DESCRIPTION:Henry Jenkins was one of the most popular speakers at last year's SXSW Interactive Festival\, so we are very excited to have him return to the event in 2008. His foil in this conversation is best-selling author Steven Johnson\, who served as the Keynote Speaker at the 1998 event. This presentation will be simulcast in both Ballroom B and the Day Stage Cafe.
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LOCATION:Austin Convention Ctr\, Room A\, Austin\, TX
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SUMMARY:Blood\, Sweat\, and Fear: Great Design Hurts
DESCRIPTION:The core dilemma for talented designers in any field is this: If you strive for greatness in your design\, you will meet resistance; if you strive to avoid resistance\, you can't do great design. Different is scary. Great design has to fight with the idea that many see "better" as meaning "more of the same". The better your work and the higher your standards\, the more you'll have to fight against th...
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LOCATION:Austin Convention Ctr\, Room B\, Austin\, TX
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SUMMARY:Worst Website Ever: That's So Crazy\, It Just Might Work
DESCRIPTION:Smart people dare to be stupid in a contest between nine writers\, designers and engineers - each pitching their worst possible startup ideas in lightning rounds. Winner gets funded by delusional VCs.
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LOCATION:Austin Convention Ctr\, Room 9\, Austin\, TX
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SUMMARY:Online Advertising for Newbies
DESCRIPTION:When a Web site or blog launched out of personal passion reaches a certain scale in terms of traffic\, readership\, and popularity\, a Big Question arises: Can I make money with this thing? Some bloggers and publishers can. Some can't. But you need to try to find out. Online advertising is the fastest-growing sector of advertising today. According to some estimates\, online ad spending is expected to...
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LOCATION:Austin Convention Ctr\, Room 10\, Austin\, TX
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SUMMARY:Core Conversation: "I'm Internet Famous": Status in Social Media
DESCRIPTION:Do technologists focus on what's cool\, rather than what's useful? Does geek chic create an echo chamber? Is Web 2.0 an insider's game? This session explores status symbols in social media worlds (online reputation\, net.celebrity\, elite conferences\, beta invites)\, inviting critical thinking about status\, class\, and elitism.
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LOCATION:Austin Convention Ctr\, Room Ballroom E\, Austin\, TX
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SUMMARY:Friend Me! Vote for Me! Donate Now!
DESCRIPTION:The 2008 presidential have been friending users all over MySpace. And Facebook. And Digg. And about a dozen other mainstream social networking sites. But then the outreach stops. Or does it? Are the campaigns using social networking communities to encourage political participation\, or have they become just another form of political advertising? Does having a profile on these sites actually meet th...
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SUMMARY:Textbooks of the Future: Free & Collaborative!
DESCRIPTION:The panel will explore the collaborative production of open access textbooks and educational materials that are free to use and re-use. Can the Wikipedia model of collaborative production succeed here? The panelists were among the co-authors of the recently launched Cape Town Open Education Declaration (http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/)\, a new declaration on free content and education. The decl...
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LOCATION:Austin Convention Ctr\, Room 9\, Austin\, TX
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SUMMARY:Keynote Interview with Mark Zuckerberg
DESCRIPTION:One of the tech industry's most intriguing story-lines over the last two years is the incredible growth of FaceBook from college networking tool to global giant. Hear the founder and CEO of this company talk about where the company is now - and where he plans to take it in the future. This presentation will be simulcast in both Ballroom B and the Day Stage Cafe.
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LOCATION:Austin Convention Ctr\, Room A\, Austin\, TX
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URL:http://2008.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels_schedule/?action=show&id=IAP060443
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SUMMARY:Transparent or Top Secret: Pro Gridiron on the Web
DESCRIPTION:Learn the challenges facing official team websites in an era when truth takes a backseat to rumors and innuendo and anyone with a blog can position themselves as an expert. Ever wonder why your favorite team website isn't commenting on that hot trade rumor or has no mention of the off-the-field altercation you read about on that message board? This panel will help clarify the unique challenges fac...
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LOCATION:Austin Convention Ctr\, Room 9\, Austin\, TX
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SUMMARY:The Web That Wasn't
DESCRIPTION:For most of us who work on the Internet\, the Web is all we have ever really known. It's almost impossible to imagine a world without browsers\, URLs and HTTP. But in the years leading up to Tim Berners-Lee's world-changing invention\, a few visionary information scientists were exploring alternative hypertext systems that often bore little resemblance to the Web as we know it today. In this presenta...
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LOCATION:Austin Convention Ctr\, Room 19AB\, Austin\, TX
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SUMMARY:Monday Keynote: Frank Warren
DESCRIPTION:With postsecret\, Frank Warren pioneered the idea that a website can serve as a an anonymous online confessional. Listen to his moving story about the trust his readers put in him\, as well as his thoughts about how technology can help us overcome some of our darkest fears. This presentation will be simulcast in both Ballroom B and the Day Stage Cafe.
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LOCATION:Austin Convention Ctr\, Room A\, Austin\, TX
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