In 2013 the Hackney Council took a big risk, venturing to Austin during SXSW Interactive to seek opportunities for East London businesses to connect with Austin and U.S. businesses by setting up and operating the first Hackney House Austin.
(3/13/2010) In years past, BBC and their 6 Music crew have created quite a fanfare at SXSW. I expect the belts were tight in 2010, since the only hide or hair of BBC was the Digital Planet people who arrived to serve us up with a delightful dish of geek, comedy and witty banter; […]
(3/12/2010) Margot Bloomstein led her “Content Strategy: What’s in it for You?” session on this first day of SXSWi 2010 with a creative, tasty metaphor, using homemade cookies, not carrots, as bait for the audience. The woman knows how to make a first impression.
(3/12/2010) If anyone walks and talks their brand, it’s Darren Rowse of ProBlogger.com. This man has made money blogging…about blogging. When the second edition of his book (and the title for this session) co-written with Chris Garrett, “Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income,” first came out in 2008 it garnered quite a lot of […]
(3/12/2010) After leaving the last SXSWi Content Strategy session where the presenter passed out chocolate chip cookies, I couldn’t believe my eyes upon entering the large ballroom for Brian Solis’ session, “How Your Brand Can Succeed in the New Web.” There on a table were rows and rows of inviting, orange, bubbling mimosas.
