Guest Post by Tony Via 2011 was my first South By… more on that in a second. Between in-flight Wi-Fi and complimentary Bloody Mary’s, comfy chairs & charging stations in my layover airport (nice job, Dallas), and an exuberantly friendly (which, if you’ve never been South, you can’t truly appreciate) concierge when arriving at my [...]

When we were speculating about “the next big thing” that might launch at SXSW, Chris Hall mentioned Beluga. This group messaging company was recently acquired by Facebook. That caught my interest, but not enough to download the app. The next day, I read Steve Cheney’s blog post about joining GroupMe. I arrived at his blog [...]

Guest Post by Kate Searby Like South by Southwest Interactive 2010, much of the focus of this year’s conference is mobile, location-based, real-time technology. There is no question that social media plus mobile has changed the way people meet and engage, but I never imagined the scale until this week in Austin. Nor did I [...]

One of the best aspects of SXSW is the wide variety of session topics. You can hear people talk about game mechanics, re branding birth control, tweeting strategies for non-profits, and location-based services.  At almost every session, someone says, “there were 3 other good sessions at the same time.  It’s so hard to choose.” Ogilvy [...]

This was my first year at SXSW and I loved every minute of it. Frankly, that surprised me. I am a former newspaper reporter with the heart and temperament of a Scotch-drinking, grizzled old man with ink perpetually on his fingers. But at this gathering of all things geek, slick and chic, content, content management, [...]