Posted on April 20th, 2007 by justin.garrity
- ZeFrank is just as funny live as he is online. His comedy styled PowerPoint presentation was hillarious.
- “Web 1.0 was about participation being added to a web site. Web 2.0 is about participation being the web site.” - Jory Des Jardins
- BBQ in Austin is delicious. I’m still thinking about it. The best place was Kreuz in Lockhart.
- “Community on the web was made possible by fanboys.”
- Henry Jenkins
- Buy Banana Guard stock while you can. It is about to receive a upswing in sales due to free SXSW exposure.
- An interesting topic, no matter how good it is, is not enough to carry a great panel discussion
- If you knew how much certain web 2.0 apps cost to start and maintain, you’d be shocked.
- Most of the time, presentations are better than panels.
- It is not enough to book Dan Rather as a keynote speaker to an interactive conference. You need to plan what questions you want to ask him that are related to the web/interactive.
- If you are going to bring a laptop to SXSW and you don’t want it to stand out, make sure it is an Apple.
“a truly awful panel”… yikes! Was it really that bad? Can you elaborate? Thanks!
Comment by Christopher Fahey — April 22, 2007 @ 3:09 pm
The panel was awful because the panel did not seem prepared to discuss the topic in the way the moderator had in mind. The topic, “High class and low class in design,” needed a panel that debated the idea. Instead, the panel shied away from making any strong statements about the topic, and never truly entered into a conversation regarding the topic. The discomfort and awkward pacing projected out into the room and everyone that attended the panel could feel it. It got so bad that the audience would occasionally break out into fits of laughter over the stilted dialogue and discomfort.
My advice if you are going to be on a panel…. 1. Prepare and 2. Commit to the panel topic
Comment by justin.garrity — April 23, 2007 @ 8:42 am