SXSW Interactive News
This Week's SXSW 3-Minute Update
In an effort to keep you up to date on everything that's happening at SXSW 2012, we're putting together a series of videos to share information. Watch for a new update each week now until the event. We'll post daily updates to our YouTube channel once SXSW kicks off.
Tuesday, March 13 Events: Jeffrey Zeldman Induction in SXSW Hall of Fame
Beginning Friday, March 9, the 2012 SXSW Interactive Festival runs through Tuesday evening, March 13. Although the schedule of events for the first day of the event is impressive (don't miss the great lineup of Book Readings for March 9), the content for the final day is even more compelling. Said another way, if you aren't staying through the end of the day on Tuesday, March 13, then you are missing out some of the event's coolest content!
Interactive Session Spotlight: "Best Practices for Supervising Millennials"
This new group of millennial workers, raised with technology and praise, brings a new set of expectations and demands. From leveraging interns and volunteers, to hiring younger workers, learning how to leaded and manage this generation effectively for increased productivity and retention is good business sense.
Creating Novels for Mobile Technology
New mobile devices dictate a new approach to media. Tear It Up - How to Write a Digital Novel brings forward the new challenges for designers and authors to work together on multimedia experiences. Stories are no longer confined to the familiar shell of the book jacket. Tablets and other devices are able to provide a rich experience for readers and give new life to novels.
Alt. Press & GREE Team Up for ScreenBurn Party
ALTERNATIVE PRESS and GREE have partnered for the Power Up! Party, the official closing party for SXSW ScreenBurn Arcade, Sunday, March 11, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Palmer Events Center in Austin, Texas. The party will feature Minneapolis-based indie pop-rockers Motion City Soundtrack headlining and rising Chicago chiptune act I Fight Dragons as the opener.
