The following is a recap of one of my favorite SXSW Interactive panels – “Balance is Bullshit” featuring Stephanie Klein (author of Straight Up & Dirty and Moose: A Memoir – who blogs on stephanieklein.com) and Jenn Lancaster (former dot com executive, author of Bitter is the New Black and Bright Lights, Big Ass – [...]

Recap of the SXSW panel – Inside FunnyorDie.com ~ http://my.sxsw.com/events/event/7887 Panelists are Richard Glover, CEO of Funny or Die – Andrew Steele, Chief Creative Officer (writer at SNL for 13 years) “The secret to the internet is swearing – especially kids cursing – and naked women” – Andrew Steele “I really think we are at [...]

One of my favorite SXSW panels, featuring Neil Marshall (The Descent), Robert Rodriguez (Sin City), Matt Reeves (Cloverfield), Scott Weinberg, Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland), and Ti West (The House of the Devil)… on the MPAA, 3-D, nudity, and all things horror film.

My first SXSW panel! Presenter is Josh Knowles – anscillate.com – here’s the recap: Game designers design for those “weirdly satisfying interactions” – found in classic arcade games, recalling random trivia, etc. Increase the activity, make it better for the user. How these translate to every day life – on and offline American Idol – [...]

It’s been 2010 for just a few weeks and I am already feeling behind. I plan to come back from SXSW Interactive (did I mention I’m going?) with a list of Books to Read – so I wanted to get the initial list – books on my radar already in 2010 – out first. Look for book reviews coming soon!