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    SXSW 2008: From Frustration to Elation: Getting Emotional by Design

    From Frustration to Elation: Getting Emotional by Design
    Room B
    Sunday, March 9th
    11:30 am - 12:30 pm
    Dan Rubin  Black Seagull/Sidebar Creative
    Eris Stassi   Interaction Designer,   Apple
    Didier Hilhorst   Interaction Designer,   IDEO
    [Best slides so far and typography]
    ES: Introduction - this icon was put together by someone on my team. So you have an attachment […]


    SXSW 2008: The Science of Designing Interactions

    The Science of Designing Interactions
    Room C
    Sunday, March 9th
    10:00 am - 11:00 am
    Andreas Weigend Principal, People & Data
    Ming Yeow Ng Discoverio
    AW: Goals of today’s session - want to show you situations where design itneractions can be crucial, show examples of underlying patterns extracted and then will work with the audience and […]


    SXSW 2008: Sunday, March 9 Picks

    Here’s a quick pick list of the panels that look interesting today:
    10am panels:

    Everyone’s A Design Critic at Room A, Level 1 with Jason Santa Maria and Rob Weychert
    Scope Creep and Other Villains at Room 6, Level 3 with James Archer
    Wireframing in a Web 2.0 World at Room B, Level 1 with James Box and […]


    links for 2008-03-09

    threadnaught
    Jen’s back!
    (tags: jenbolton threadnaught blog gblogs oldskool)


    SXSW 2008: What Teens Want Online & On Their Phones

    What Teens Want Online & On Their Phones
    John Davison Pres, What They Like
    Anastasia Goodstein Publisher, Ypulse
    Saturday, 10am, March 8 2008, Room 9, Level 3
    AG: [short intro about what ypulse.com does] Really excited to be here this morning, we have the experts - the teens here today, […]


    SXSW 2008: Edit Me! How Gamers are Adopting the Wiki Way

    SXSW 2008: Edit Me! How Gamers are Adopting the Wiki Way

    Pribul, Shelton, Burba and McKee.
    McKee - from Inside view. Social community.
    How many people are in marketing? Web dev? Game development? [It’s not that full an audience, and it’s only the first day. Most people are probably recovering from Ironworks]
    Trying to gauge some audience expectations: better […]


    SXSW 2008: Swag Awards

     The swag this year really hasn’t been good at all: most of what came in the Interactive and Film bags has gone straight in the recycling bin and, horror of horrors, there aren’t even any good stickers. Or pens.
    O’Reilly win the Best Swag award though, thanks to this wonderful thing:

    How great is that? Total win.


    Cuteness

    Apparently all you have to do nowadays to get lots of comments and favourites on Flickr is take a cute picture of a cat.
    We’ve decided, finally, to call him Wandsworth.


    links for 2008-03-02

    The Austin Chronicle: Screens: Down the Rabbit Hole: The weird, ever-evolving world of ARGs
    (tags: pmog sixtostart arg danhon austinchronicle sxsw sxswi 2008)


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