http://2006.sxsw.com/coverage/podcasts/ An incubator of new, cutting-edge technologies, the SXSW Interactive Festival is ground zero for the world's most creative web developers, designers, bloggers, wireless innovators and new media entrepreneurs. Stay ahead of the curve by attending this annual gathering of the brightest minds in emerging technology. en-US noAn incubator of new, cutting-edge technologies, the SXSW Interactive Festival is ground zero for the world's most creative web developers, designers, bloggers, wireless innovators and new media entrepreneurs. Stay ahead of the curve by attending this annu What would happen if a company was forthright and open about the challenges it faces? Why are companies embracing openness when it comes to their software, but not their own operation and decision-making process?Corporations fear the authenticity and vulnerability that would build trust with their customers and better products and services. And vulnerability is necessary for connection, intimacy, trust and real conversation.Blogs, wikis, the Web and other tech goodies have given us the means for exchange, and the impetus for integration within company fiefdoms but not necessarily the human skills for creating a space that allows us to genuinely exchange information, rather than just talk at each other.So, how do you gets comfortable being vulnerable? How does a company come to believe this matters? By experiencing it and its results.In this panel executed as performance/ talk show, we'll explore and *show* what happens if a company is willing to have a real, vulnerable "blog" or conversation with customers, blogging experts and regular folks. http://2006.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels/?action=show&id=IAP060075 Tue, 14 Mar 2006 21:30:00 GMT noWhat would happen if a company was forthright and open about the challenges it faces? Why are companies embracing openness when it comes to their software, but not their own operation and decision-making process?Corporations fear the authenticity and vulnWhat would happen if a company was forthright and open about the challenges it faces? Why are companies embracing openness when it comes to their software, but not their own operation and decision-making process?Corporations fear the authenticity and vulnerability that would build trust with their customers and better products and services. And vulnerability is necessary for connection, intimacy, trust and real conversation.Blogs, wikis, the Web and other tech goodies have given us the means for exchange, and the impetus for integration within company fiefdoms but not necessarily the human skills for creating a space that allows us to genuinely exchange information, rather than just talk at each other.So, how do you gets comfortable being vulnerable? How does a company come to believe this matters? By experiencing it and its results.In this panel executed as performance/ talk show, we'll explore and *show* what happens if a company is willing to have a real, vulnerable "blog" or conversation with customers, blogging experts and regular folks. Reality bites, but every once in a while we get a chance to bite back. A panel of experts and industry practitioners will discuss the ins and outs of being your own boss within the professional web industry. We will cover what it really takes to start your own freelance business, a sole proprietorship, a co-op, or a small business with a few other partners. While we will briefly touch on topics such as taxes, accounting, investing, and IP issues involved, we intend focus primarily on the genuine challenges each of us has faced when setting out on our own. Topics we plan to cover are the issues surrounding office space, establishing a partnership with other businesses, leveraging your network, writing proposals, getting a consensus without loosing partners, maintaining relationships with clients, finding your niche in the market, and much more. We'll examine what it takes to get a web business up and running from scratch. We'll teach you to bite back for a change. http://2006.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels/?action=show&id=IAP060045 Sat, 11 Mar 2006 22:00:00 GMT noReality bites, but every once in a while we get a chance to bite back. A panel of experts and industry practitioners will discuss the ins and outs of being your own boss within the professional web industry. We will cover what it really takes to start youReality bites, but every once in a while we get a chance to bite back. A panel of experts and industry practitioners will discuss the ins and outs of being your own boss within the professional web industry. We will cover what it really takes to start your own freelance business, a sole proprietorship, a co-op, or a small business with a few other partners. While we will briefly touch on topics such as taxes, accounting, investing, and IP issues involved, we intend focus primarily on the genuine challenges each of us has faced when setting out on our own. Topics we plan to cover are the issues surrounding office space, establishing a partnership with other businesses, leveraging your network, writing proposals, getting a consensus without loosing partners, maintaining relationships with clients, finding your niche in the market, and much more. We'll examine what it takes to get a web business up and running from scratch. We'll teach you to bite back for a change. Hear the award-winning New Yorker columnist talk about the power of large groups (including on the Internet) to make remarkably intelligent decisions. The session will also cover the problems and challenges that large groups present. http://2006.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels/?action=show&id=IAP060051 Sat, 11 Mar 2006 21:30:00 GMT noHear the award-winning New Yorker columnist talk about the power of large groups (including on the Internet) to make remarkably intelligent decisions. The session will also cover the problems and challenges that large groups present.Hear the award-winning New Yorker columnist talk about the power of large groups (including on the Internet) to make remarkably intelligent decisions. The session will also cover the problems and challenges that large groups present. Sterling's Tuesday talks at SXSW Interactive are legendary. Close your conference experience by hearing his vision of global drama and the human condition, circa 2006. http://2006.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels/?action=show&id=IAP060093 Tue, 14 Mar 2006 23:00:00 GMT noSterling's Tuesday talks at SXSW Interactive are legendary. Close your conference experience by hearing his vision of global drama and the human condition, circa 2006.Sterling's Tuesday talks at SXSW Interactive are legendary. Close your conference experience by hearing his vision of global drama and the human condition, circa 2006. What happens when you employ video game technology to produce narrative, episodic content? The reigning expert in this form explains the many new possibilities brought forth by this brave new world of machinima. http://2006.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels/?action=show&id=IAP060096 Tue, 14 Mar 2006 20:00:00 GMT noWhat happens when you employ video game technology to produce narrative, episodic content? The reigning expert in this form explains the many new possibilities brought forth by this brave new world of machinima.What happens when you employ video game technology to produce narrative, episodic content? The reigning expert in this form explains the many new possibilities brought forth by this brave new world of machinima. The founder of craigslist talks with Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales about how a simple interface and an easy-going zen attitude have helped to make life better for millions of users across the world. http://2006.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels/?action=show&id=IAP060077 Mon, 13 Mar 2006 20:00:00 GMT noThe founder of craigslist talks with Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales about how a simple interface and an easy-going zen attitude have helped to make life better for millions of users across the world.The founder of craigslist talks with Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales about how a simple interface and an easy-going zen attitude have helped to make life better for millions of users across the world. Darknet pioneers and representatives from the movie and music industries square off over the new realities of digital distribution over private spaces online. http://2006.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels/?action=show&id=IAP060060 Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:30:00 GMT noDarknet pioneers and representatives from the movie and music industries square off over the new realities of digital distribution over private spaces online.Darknet pioneers and representatives from the movie and music industries square off over the new realities of digital distribution over private spaces online. A library of music that might have once filled an entire room can now be stored on an MP3 player smaller than a deck of playing cards. New chip technologies and improved memory capabilities are enabling music players and a host of gadgets to decrease in size while simultaneously increasing in functionality. This session explores the next wave of innovation while also examining the cultural impact of such changes. http://2006.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels/?action=show&id=IAP060094 Sun, 12 Mar 2006 17:30:00 GMT noA library of music that might have once filled an entire room can now be stored on an MP3 player smaller than a deck of playing cards. New chip technologies and improved memory capabilities are enabling music players and a host of gadgets to decrease in sA library of music that might have once filled an entire room can now be stored on an MP3 player smaller than a deck of playing cards. New chip technologies and improved memory capabilities are enabling music players and a host of gadgets to decrease in size while simultaneously increasing in functionality. This session explores the next wave of innovation while also examining the cultural impact of such changes. SXSW Interactive is proud to announce that Heather Armstrong of Dooce.com and Jason Kottke of kottke.org will serve as the keynote conversation on Sunday afternoon, March 12. Their conversation will run from 2:00-2:45 pm and is open to SXSW Interactive, Gold and Platinum registrants. http://2006.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels/?action=show&id=IAP060039 Sun, 12 Mar 2006 18:00:00 GMT noSXSW Interactive is proud to announce that Heather Armstrong of Dooce.com and Jason Kottke of kottke.org will serve as the keynote conversation on Sunday afternoon, March 12. Their conversation will run from 2:00-2:45 pm and is open to SXSW Interactive, GSXSW Interactive is proud to announce that Heather Armstrong of Dooce.com and Jason Kottke of kottke.org will serve as the keynote conversation on Sunday afternoon, March 12. Their conversation will run from 2:00-2:45 pm and is open to SXSW Interactive, Gold and Platinum registrants. Hear the award-winning New Yorker columnist talk about the power of large groups (including on the Internet) to make remarkably intelligent decisions. The session will also cover the problems and challenges that large groups present. http://2006.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels/?action=show&id=IAP060051 Sat, 11 Mar 2006 21:30:00 GMT noHear the award-winning New Yorker columnist talk about the power of large groups (including on the Internet) to make remarkably intelligent decisions. The session will also cover the problems and challenges that large groups present.Hear the award-winning New Yorker columnist talk about the power of large groups (including on the Internet) to make remarkably intelligent decisions. The session will also cover the problems and challenges that large groups present. Frustrated by the conventional "work-for-hire" model of the creative business, Jim Coudal of Coudal Partners and Jason Fried of 37signals have pushed their companies in a decidedly more entrepreneurial direction over the past two years. With the idea of taking a greater amount of control over the creative they produce, both firms have built products and businesses which allow them a large degree of independence and the ability to apply the crafts of design, writing and programming for their own benefit. As Coudal said in a recent article, "the only way to free yourself from the tyranny of clients is to become one." http://2006.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels/?action=show&id=IAP060078 Sat, 11 Mar 2006 20:00:00 GMT noFrustrated by the conventional "work-for-hire" model of the creative business, Jim Coudal of Coudal Partners and Jason Fried of 37signals have pushed their companies in a decidedly more entrepreneurial direction over the past two years. With the idea of tFrustrated by the conventional "work-for-hire" model of the creative business, Jim Coudal of Coudal Partners and Jason Fried of 37signals have pushed their companies in a decidedly more entrepreneurial direction over the past two years. With the idea of taking a greater amount of control over the creative they produce, both firms have built products and businesses which allow them a large degree of independence and the ability to apply the crafts of design, writing and programming for their own benefit. As Coudal said in a recent article, "the only way to free yourself from the tyranny of clients is to become one." Hear about what is coming next in this fast-growing space. Cool trends that will be discussed will be podcast listening and viewing directly on a mobile phone, dynamic program and metadata assembly, audience audio comment feeds, audience listening behavior tracking and the possible future of enhanced podcasts. How podcast listening audiences are changing and growing as topic interest widens? How will major media podcasts versus smaller commercial and non-commercial long-tail podcasters sort out? This panel will also discuss how mobilcasting is different from podcasting. http://2006.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels/?action=show&id=IAP060103 Sat, 11 Mar 2006 16:00:00 GMT noHear about what is coming next in this fast-growing space. Cool trends that will be discussed will be podcast listening and viewing directly on a mobile phone, dynamic program and metadata assembly, audience audio comment feeds, audience listening behavioHear about what is coming next in this fast-growing space. Cool trends that will be discussed will be podcast listening and viewing directly on a mobile phone, dynamic program and metadata assembly, audience audio comment feeds, audience listening behavior tracking and the possible future of enhanced podcasts. How podcast listening audiences are changing and growing as topic interest widens? How will major media podcasts versus smaller commercial and non-commercial long-tail podcasters sort out? This panel will also discuss how mobilcasting is different from podcasting. nonadult