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SXSW Interactive picks, parties for Tuesday
The South by Southwest Interactive Festival runs Friday through Tuesday at the Austin Convention Center. For more details on these panels, visit sxsw.com.
The name of the session may be “10 Ways to Green-ify Your Digital Life” (10 a.m., Room 9), but you’ll probably actually get a lot more ideas than that from the discussions on saving energy at home and work. “Future of Corporate Blogs” (10 a.m., Room A) will address questions that should be relevant to many SXSW attendees.
“A Conversation with Michael Eisner” (11:30 a.m., Room 12AB) features the former Disney head talking about his future plans and debuting his new Web series,” The All-For Nots.” “Visualizing Sustainability” (11:30 a.m. Room 9) explores how video games could help us conceive a more sustainable future. It’s moderated by Jon Lebkowsky, one of Austin’s Internet pioneers. “Independent Success: Bloggers Who Made It” (11:30 a.m., Room A) gives you tips for becoming one of those bloggers yourself.
Jane McGonigal of Avant Game talks about alternate reality games at Tuesday’s keynote ( 2 p.m., Room A).
“Take Municipal WiFi Back” (3:30 p.m., Room 8) covers a topic that always draws interest in Austin.
Producer Marshall Herskovitz has a huge resume in both TV (“Once and Again,” “My So-called Life,” “thirtysomething”) and movies (“Blood Diamond,” “Traffic”). Today, he talks specifically about taking his Web series to television in “Quarterlife: A Wild Journey From Internet to TV.” “Quarterlife” went from the Web to NBC, but after receiving low ratings bounced to NBC’s cable sister Bravo (5 p.m., Room 18ABCD). What will be happening with social technologies in 2025? That’s the question in “Futurists’ Sandbox: Scenarios for Social Technologies in 2025” (5 p.m., Room B). You’ve read about how the Nintendo Wii has brought nontraditional groups like seniors into gaming. Now, “Can Wii Learn? Using Wiimotes in E-Learning” (5 p.m., Room 8) looks at possible uses in education.
Evening events: Media Temple/SXSW Interactive Closing Party. 8 p.m. Venue to be announced.
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