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1. Tangible Interactions in Urban Spaces

   The transition from physical to virtual spaces means that there is less opportunity to physically interact in public spaces. Historically public spaces were used for celebration, today they are used for anonymous mobile calls. We would like to explore the ways in which the tangible aspect of physical space might be re-introduced into our virtual interactions through an exploration and discussion of - among other things - responsive architecture.

   • Mouna Andraos, Electronic Crafts
   • Francesca Birks, Arup
   • Molly Wright Steenson, Princeton University School of Architecture
   • Ben [neb] Cerveny, AFK Stamen Gamelayers etc

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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. Being a UX Team of One

   What’s the best way to evolve design ideas quickly? Get together with other designers and brainstorm. The second best way? Adapt the methods of larger UX groups to a team of one. Learn how in this presentation, which shares lightweight techniques for quick and effective brainstorming on your own.

   Leah Buley, Adaptive Path

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4. 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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5. AJAX Accessibility: An ARIA Duet

   Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIAs) are not just possible but freely obtained through open source techniques. ARIA developer Becky Gibson will demonstrate ARIA coding techniques and existing toolkits to solve real world challenges posed by accessible technology advocate Sharron Rush.

   Sharron Rush Exec Dir, Knowbility.org

   Becky Gibson Web Accessibility Architect, IBM

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6. Design for the Wisdom of Crowds

   People are often dumb, so how can crowds be wise? James Surowiecki laid the groundwork in his book, "The Wisdom of Crowds." In this solo presentation, Derek Powazek will apply those ideas to the web, concentrating on how to design websites that empower people to work together to create something truly awesome.

   Derek Powazek Grand Poo-Bah, Powazek Productions

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7. New Think for Old Publishers

   This is not a discussion of whether ebooks are killing treebooks, or whether it’s possible to get cozy with an Amazon Kindle. It’s about how participatory culture and the online world interact with good old book publishing. Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody, Deborah Schultz and fellow panelists will share with the audience a variety of perspectives on what’s going right and what’s going wrong in publishing, assess success of recent forays into marketing digitally, digital publishing, and what books and blogs have to gain from one another. Penguin Group (USA), which houses some 40 plus imprints and publishes an extremely broad variety of physical and digital products, everything from William Gibson’s first ebook in the 90’s to Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food to Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse novels (the source for HBO’s True Blood) is deeply involved in exploring ways that old and new media might better collaborate. Audience members are invited to speak up about what they think book publishers could / should be doing to better provide relevant information and content to blogs, websites, and online communities. Come tell old media what you want and how you want it.

   From http://2009.sxsw.com/taxonomy/term/44

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8. Making Whuffie: Raising Social Capital in Online Communities

   This talk gets to the heart of how people interact and exchange information in online communities: through social capital, or as Cory Doctorow calls it, Whuffie. The key to growing customers in online communities is through growing your social capital. You will learn the 5 lessons of raising Whuffie through online communities in this presentation.

   Tara Hunt Intuit

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9. Blackboards or Backchannels: The Techno-Induced Classroom of Tomorrow

   The traditional classroom: obsolete? Chalkboards, lectures, and even teachers may be on their way out as social technology enters the classroom. How do kids want technology integrated into the curriculum? Or do they even want it? Five students speak out to debate the potential for Wikis, backchannels, and social tech, and dispute tomorrow’s r/evolution in teaching and learning.

   Alex Leavitt Boston University

   Kelly Sutton Founder, HackCollege

   Kabren Levinson Philosopher, Technologist, Artist, Bard College

   Archana Ramachandran Campus Ambassador, Radar/Tiny Pictures/UT Austin

   Diana Kimball The Digital Natives Project, Harvard College

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10. Can Social Media End Racism?

    The tangled issues of race and privilege in our society come to a boiling point on the internet. Exploring the complicated place of race in society, this presentation examines the ideas of race in the digital environment with a specific focus on social media.

    Kety Esquivel New Media Mgr, NCLR

    Jay Smooth Ill Doctrine

    Phil Yu Angry Asian Man

    Latoya Peterson Editrix, Racialicious.com

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    —Huffduffed by tommorris 10 months ago

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