Archive of SxSw

Vote for me on the SXSW Panel Picker

on August 17th, 2009 in Linden Lab, Second Life, SxSw, User Interface Design by | 6 Comments

I can’t be self-promotional all alone here, people. I need your help! Vote for meeeee! My proposal is up for voting right now on the South By Southwest Interactive Panel Picker. It’s a geek frenzy over there. Vote early and often. VOTE HERE (login required) Panel Proposal: Video Game Research:…

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Discussing geek speak with The Austin Chronicle

on March 8th, 2009 in Avenging, SxSw, Tech, User Interface Design, Video games by | 3 Comments

A lovely fellow from The Austin Chronicle wrote to my fellow South by Southwest panelists asking for a definition of our enigmatically titled presentation. He wanted to know what a “Funologist” was, and rather than sadden him with the news that our moderator made it up, we all took a…

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SXSW Interactive 2009 – Funologists live and in person: Guerilla Game Research

on February 3rd, 2009 in Avenging, Career, Digital Library, information science, Interface design, Librarianship, Linden Lab, Second Life, SxSw, Tech, User Interface Design, Video games by | 2 Comments

Happy news! I was invited to be a panelist at the South by Southwest Interactive conference next month, as part of their ScreenBurn track. I’m on a panel called “Funologists live and in person: Guerilla Game Research.” I’ll share my experience starting some low-budget user research cycles for Second Life,…

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SxSw Analog Tagging

on May 30th, 2007 in Avenging, Career, SxSw by | 2 Comments

More analog tagging from South by Southwest Interactive… photo by noneck I’m trying to start a trend. Conference badges need more than just geographic metadata. Together we can raise the level of schmoozy conference discourse! Grab some stickers and tag yourself! It’s your duty as a librarian!

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Second Life

on March 12th, 2007 in Librarianship, SxSw, Tech by | 14 Comments

I just spoke with a gentleman who helps run Second Life, and he informed me that there are, like, a billion librarians on SL, who own a string of islands and facilitate information exchange. Can anyone confirm this? Are we cool or what?

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Overheard at SXSW

on March 11th, 2007 in Cornell, SxSw by | 5 Comments

Guy at mike: In the words of Walt Whitman, do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes. Guy next to me (stage whispers): Gay. Edit: I’m annotating this one for the non-literature/human-sexuality majors. It’s deconstruct-jokes-day here at Librarian Avengers. Walt Whitman’s status…

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SXSW Interactive – Sunday

on March 11th, 2007 in Cornell, Interface design, SxSw, Tech by | 2 Comments

Guess who drank too much last night? Everyone! It’s hangover day here at South by Southwest. The panels are slow and attendance is low. This morning I went to a panel debating the merits of ignoring users. It matched my mood nicely. User profiles are taking a beating this year….

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Analog Tagging

on March 10th, 2007 in SxSw, Tech by | 2 Comments