South by Southwest, the annual tech, film and music conference held in Austin, Texas, has been canceled due to concerns surrounding the coronavirus outbreak, CNBC reported. The unexpected thing in this situation is that it was not SXSW that chose… Read More
Category: SXSW
Memoto Selected as Finalist for SXSW Accelerator Competition
Memoto is a Swedish startup company that began as a Kickstarter project in 2012. They are the creators of the Memoto Lifelogging Camera. It is a tiny device that allows users to not only capture, but also share, whatever special… Read More
“Homeless Hotspots” Raise Hackles at SXSW
The buzz is spreading about a marketing firm’s unique attempt to draw attention (and contributions) to the homeless population in Austin during the annual tech portion of SXSW. BBH Labs, with offices in NYC and London, is the brains… Read More
Why I am not going to SXSW
First of all they need to rename the Interactive portion of SXSW to Waste of Time. What I expected from SXSW was a social experience where you met a lot of people, network and get a lot out of the… Read More
Getting Pitched in Sessions at SXSW
Just a few minutes ago, I left my third session in 2 days because the speakers were pitching their companies. SXSW better get a handle on this! I have spoke at a number of conferences over the past 5 years… Read More
Companies Launching new or updated sites at SXSW
I will have some more details on my next podcast, but here is a lineup of some sites launching at SXSW www.funtweet.it www.flavors.me pro.wholinkstome.com www.awarenessnetworks.com upstack.com www.pearanalytics.com www.edoorways.com www.phonebooth.com Pubstop by www.imagespacemedia.com
Mark Cuban and Boxee’s Avner Ronen Battle at SXSW
Yesterday in the last session of the day at SXSW Mark Cuban and Avner Ronen had what I consider to be one of the better debates of the show so far. While it was a bit over the top and… Read More