Posted on 31 March 2009 by keidra
Last Saturday I hung out with about 30 members of the Association for Women Journalists – Chicago and talked a bit about the 25 things I learned from SXSW, and then it just morphed into an overall discussion about journalism, technology and what’s happening next. There’s a lot of curiosity and just a little trepidation [...]
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Posted on 17 March 2009 by keidra
Day 3 was a mixture of practical workshops and topical discussion. I spent the morning at a panel on user experience design: the “soft” red headed stepchild of web design that’s secretly its backbone. Of all of the panels I’ve attended here, Leah Buley’ s insight on how to work as a UX team of [...]
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Posted on 16 March 2009 by keidra
I am starting to get a bit overwhelmed by all the SXSW talk. But much of the palpable tension regarding social media and corporate interaction I’ve been able to crystallize and articulate in a way that may actually be useful; at least for me. It was best explained in the “Make Yourself More Interesting” panel [...]
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Posted on 15 March 2009 by keidra
Happiness and love were the buzzwords today. From Zappos Tony Hsieh to the comedy stylings of John Gruber and Merlin Mann, there was a lot of talk about making your social media audience happy, delighting them, about blogging out of love and obsession for your chosen topic, and about really connecting with whatever social media [...]
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