SXSW Archive

  • During SXSW I stopped by the AT&T / American Airlines Travel Hackathon. American Airlines opened up their API to the groups for 24 hours to see what they would come up with to improve the travel experience. This is a road show that will be headed to London, then back in the US for similar hackathons. What is a Hackathon? A Hackathon is where...

    American Airlines & AT&T Travel Hackathon: Making the Flight Experience Better – SXSW 2013

    Posted on March 30, 2013 | No Comments
    During SXSW I stopped by the AT&T / American Airlines Travel Hackathon. American Airlines opened up their API to the groups for 24 hours to see what they would come up with to improve the travel experience. This is a road show that will be headed to London, then back in the US for similar hackathons. What is a Hackathon? A Hackathon is where...

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  • They gave away $150,000 at MashBash and another $250,000 after the event. YappEm is a app that lets you earn coins that turn into gift cards. You can get cards from any of the major brands. To find out more go to Yappem.com I also walk around MashBash – Mashable’s yearly SXSW event. This year it was at Speakeasy. 3 levels of bands, DJ’s...

    YappEm at MashBash SXSW 2013 Giving Away $150,000

    Posted on March 29, 2013 | No Comments
    They gave away $150,000 at MashBash and another $250,000 after the event. YappEm is a app that lets you earn coins that turn into gift cards. You can get cards from any of the major brands. To find out more go to Yappem.com I also walk around MashBash – Mashable’s yearly SXSW event. This year it was at Speakeasy. 3 levels of bands, DJ’s...

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  • While I was at Buffalo Billards for a SXSW event, I ran into Martin Whitmore – which was easy to do because he was the only one with a kilt on at the event (Sorry Ewan, but you were not there). I found out that Martin is an illustrator and ran a successful Kickstarter program for a book – The Ghastley Crud Zombies. Now...

    Ghastley Crud Zombies Book: From Kickstarter to Reality – SXSW 2013

    Posted on March 29, 2013 | No Comments
    While I was at Buffalo Billards for a SXSW event, I ran into Martin Whitmore – which was easy to do because he was the only one with a kilt on at the event (Sorry Ewan, but you were not there). I found out that Martin is an illustrator and ran a successful Kickstarter program for a book – The Ghastley Crud Zombies. Now...

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  • While at SXSW I stopped by the DYN party. They had an extensive line-up of Americana, folk and roots rock bands, headed up by feature artist: The Dawes. While at the event, I got to speak with Matt Toy – VP of client services. He works with all customers, from free to Enterprise customers. For the last couple months I have been talking about Dyn...

    Dyn: DNS for Consumers, SMB and Enterprise – SXSW 2013

    Posted on March 28, 2013 | No Comments
    While at SXSW I stopped by the DYN party. They had an extensive line-up of Americana, folk and roots rock bands, headed up by feature artist: The Dawes. While at the event, I got to speak with Matt Toy – VP of client services. He works with all customers, from free to Enterprise customers. For the last couple months I have been talking about Dyn...

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  • Check out Part 1 of the GDGT Party In part 2 of the GDGT party at SXSW, we take a look at: Sonos Playbar Western Digital My Net 900 Simple banking card Lenovo – Thinkpad X1 carbon, Thinkpad Helix and Thinkpad Yoga Directions with the 3D iPhone case. GDGT Party Pt 1 – SXSW 2013 j.mp/10tHosK @geekazine — geekazine (@geekazine) March 22, 2013Podcast: Play...

    GDGT Party Pt 2 – SXSW 2013

    Posted on March 22, 2013 | No Comments
    Check out Part 1 of the GDGT Party In part 2 of the GDGT party at SXSW, we take a look at: Sonos Playbar Western Digital My Net 900 Simple banking card Lenovo – Thinkpad X1 carbon, Thinkpad Helix and Thinkpad Yoga Directions with the 3D iPhone case. GDGT Party Pt 1 – SXSW 2013 j.mp/10tHosK @geekazine — geekazine (@geekazine) March 22, 2013Podcast: Play...

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  • In part 1 of this two part video, I talk with: TYLT: cable and accessory maker The COPIA: social e-reading app Texas Instruments: DLP technology Carbon Audio: a Kickstarter called Zooka Connected Data and the Transporter,OBEX Sedio protective cases and covers Logitech: G600 gaming mouse and keyboard, T650 wireless touchpad and the ultra-thin keyboard cover for iPad and iPad mini Podcast: Play in new...

    GDGT Party Part 1 – SXSW 2013

    Posted on March 22, 2013 | No Comments
    In part 1 of this two part video, I talk with: TYLT: cable and accessory maker The COPIA: social e-reading app Texas Instruments: DLP technology Carbon Audio: a Kickstarter called Zooka Connected Data and the Transporter,OBEX Sedio protective cases and covers Logitech: G600 gaming mouse and keyboard, T650 wireless touchpad and the ultra-thin keyboard cover for iPad and iPad mini Podcast: Play in new...

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  • Its not going to be a Taylor, Martin, Atkins, or Guild acoustic guitar but it is your own. Instructables.com is a website to learn how to do things like upscale an old hard drive into a USB flashdrive or make furniture out of old road signs. Today we found out about an effort to make a guitar. The class was held where people spent...

    Instructables.com Carbon Fiber Acoustic Guitar – SXSW 2013

    Posted on March 22, 2013 | No Comments
    Its not going to be a Taylor, Martin, Atkins, or Guild acoustic guitar but it is your own. Instructables.com is a website to learn how to do things like upscale an old hard drive into a USB flashdrive or make furniture out of old road signs. Today we found out about an effort to make a guitar. The class was held where people spent...

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  • On the first day I got to do two quick interviews. the first one is with Jolene, whom I met last year at SXSW. She is promoting ways to use your phone as the reporter in the Meeting Maximizer. Jolene was showing off a new program called the Conference reporter. I also got to talk with Nadia – a reporter for Eyewitness news in...

    Joline from Meeting Maximizer, Nadia from Eyewitness News – SXSW 2013

    Posted on March 20, 2013 | No Comments
    On the first day I got to do two quick interviews. the first one is with Jolene, whom I met last year at SXSW. She is promoting ways to use your phone as the reporter in the Meeting Maximizer. Jolene was showing off a new program called the Conference reporter. I also got to talk with Nadia – a reporter for Eyewitness news in...

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