Tom Johnson asked Janet Swisher and I about our experience with the South By SouthWest Interactive conference in comparison to the STC Summit. Janet and I are both from Austin – though she has been here nearly 20 years and I have a mere 10 years as an Austinite. We edited the captions, so hopefully […]
Wow, oh Wow – Book Reading at SXSW Interactive!
I’ve been given a 20-minute book reading opportunity at SXSWi! I’ve been to SXSW Interactive at least three times over the past five years, and I’m a huge fan of the conference. So, when I saw an email in my inbox from Hugh Forrest, the organizer, I ran around my (home) office with glee! Here’s […]
Stories from SXSWi 2008 – Textbooks of the Future: Free & Collaborative
I have been talking to SJ Klein regularly via email and phone for my work on the wiki pages and kid’s user manual for the XO laptop for One Laptop Per Child, so I was excited to hear him speak and meet him in person. Also, directly afterwards I planned to go to lunch with […]