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  1. What Do I Do With Myself, Now that the Economy Has Collapsed?

    They say the tech economy ebbs and flows on a 7 year cycle, and if that’s true, we’re just about over the peak and into the down cycle for companies and employees alike. So what are we to do with ourselves, when it all comes crashing down around us? This panel’s been through a downturn or two and will have some specific recommendations about how to get the most out of it, both personally and professionally.

    • Andy Baio Writer/Coder, Waxy.org
    • Lane Becker Pres, Get Satisfaction Inc
    • Ben Brown Internet Rockstar, XOXCO
    • Jane Mount 20x200
    • Michael Sippey VP Prod, Six Apart Ltd

    From http://sxsw.com/node/1566

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  2. 149 Surprising Ways to Turbocharge Your Blog With Credibility!

    John Gruber (DaringFireball.net) and Merlin Mann (43Folders.com) discuss the current state of blogging as a medium for creative expression, weighing the opportunities and challenges of building a thoughtful online presence in a world where everybody owns a printing press. They’ll consider the ascendance of Digg-friendly "problogs" and debate the subtler pleasures of careful writing that reaches smaller, but potentially less "profitable" audiences.

    • John Gruber, Daring Fireball
    • Merlin Mann, You Look Nice Today

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  3. What Can We Learn From Games | SXSW.com

    Experts from three different (bit connected) industries talk about game design, learning theories, collective intelligence, transmedia entertainment, and the value of play in a participatory culture.

    Henry Jenkins Co-Dir CMS, MIT

    James Gee Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies, Arizona State University

    Warren Spector GM Creative Dir, Junction Point - Disney Interactive Studios

    From http://www.sxsw.com/node/1619

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  4. Design for Irrational Behavior [SxSW 2009]

    The core of sustainability efforts is behavior change, understanding patterns of behavior and developing models for motivating sustainable behavior change. This approach assumes a rational response from the consumer. However, most decisions are irrational. This panel will examine how to motivate people to make sustainable changes by appealing to their emotions instead. This panel is sponsored by frog design.

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  5. SXSWi Panel: Everything You Know About Web Design Is Wrong

    Just as early filmmakers struggled to break free from the conventions of live theater, after 10 years Web designers are still trapped in the structures of the past. Forget pages, linear text and other archaic vestiges of design’s print ancestry; the separation of content from presentation has already changed everything.

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  6. Building Strong Online Communities | SXSW.com

    Many start blogs and social networking sites, but few build vibrant, self-sustaining communities. This panel explores some of the most successful ventures that grew independently and continue to grow today. Lessons learned, plans for the future will be discussed along with some best practices for those who seek to develop true communities.

    Ken Fisher Editor-in-Chief, Ars Technica

    Alexis Ohanian Prod Mgr of Awesome, reddit.com

    Drew Curtis The Member, Fark.com

    Erin Kotecki Vest BlogHer Inc

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  7. Even Faster Web Sites [SxSW 2009]

    Steve is the author of High Performance Web Sites and the creator of YSlow, the Firebug extension. Now working at Google, Steve discusses the next set of best practices he’s developed, including advanced techniques for loading JavaScript, where not to place inline scripts, and the importance of using multiple domains to improve web performance.

    Slides here: http://www.slideshare.net/souders/sxsw-even-faster-web-sites

    Steve Souders, Google

    From http://2009.sxsw.com/taxonomy/term/44?page=2

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  8. Beyond Aggregation — Finding the Web’s Best Content

    SS aggregation has reduced the massive ocean of Web content into something more manageable, but we are still left overloaded with information and manual searching. This panel will explore new avenues for finding the Web’s best content, and how this more intelligent Web will affect major media companies, online publishers and consumers.We have confirmed Marshall Kirkpatrick of ReadWriteWeb as a moderator.

    Marshall Kirkpatrick VP Content Dev, ReadWriteWeb

    Louis Gray Author / Publisher, louisgray.com

    Gabe Rivera Founder/CEO, Techmeme

    Melanie Baker Community Mgr, AideRSS Inc

    Micah Baldwin VP Business Dev, Lijit Networks Inc

    From http://2009.sxsw.com/node/1604

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  9. Designing the Future of The New York Times

    What will the nation’s newspaper of record look like in the coming years? Learn about the continuing efforts of old media to reinvent its look, its feel and its mission.

    • Tom Bodkin, The New York Times
    • Khoi Vinh, The New York Times

    From http://www.sxsw.com/node/1503

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  10. Browser Wars III: The Platform Wins

    We’re doing so darn much with the Web platform these days, from cross-domain access mechanisms to new drawing and graphics tools. But in the end, we still have to deal with different web browsers. This discussion brings the leads from Mozilla (Firefox), Microsoft (IE), Google (Chrome) and Opera (Opera) together for yet another incendiary discussion about the future of the web.

    Skip to the end if you you want to hear the good stuff.

    From http://www.sxsw.com/node/1632

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