The Fresh Networks blog covers the best panelsat SXSWi (including Social Gaming, Crowd Sourcing and more)at:
http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/category/conferences/category/conferen...

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Social Gaming – SXSW panel
15th March 2010, 12:43 am
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Social gaming is a hot topic here at SXSW. The industry has been growing at an incredible rate and traditional gaming companies have been caught unaware by a flurry of new market entrants.

The CNN Tech blog reports on SXSZ Interactive at:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/03/17/sxsw.wrapup/index.html?hpt=Sbin

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5 things we learned at South by SouthwestBy Doug Gross, CNNMarch 17, 2010 11:04 a.m. EDT
Austin, Texas (CNN) -- For techies, the South by Southwest Interactive festival produces a firehose of information.

With keynote speeches, hundreds of panel discussions, a trade floor full of new gadgets and nonstop networking opportunities with 15,000 or so like-minded folks, it's impossible to take it all in.

Fifteen journalists report on SXSW Interactive on the Poynter blog at:
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=179804

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What 15 Journalists Took Home from South by Southwest
Posted by Steve Myers at 11:17 AM on Mar. 18, 2010

I can't find "Austin hangover" on Urban Dictionary, so I'll define the term myself: the mental exhaustion that follows four days of pouring new ideas into your head at South by Southwest Interactive. (It can be accompanied by a traditional hangover, though it's not required.)

On Louis Gray's blog there is coverage of Chalene Li's presentation at SXSWi at
http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/03/charlene-li-predicts-social-networ...

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Charlene Li Predicts Social Networking Will Be Ubiquitous, "Like Air"

The New York Time's David Carr reports on SXSWi at
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/18/movies/18sxsw.html?_r=2&ref=movies

Here the Messages Are the Media (Tweet, Tweet)
By DAVID CARR
Published: March 17, 2009

AUSTIN, Tex. — Welcome to Austin, a city where, for the time being, everybody is famous, the economy is rocking, and the grid is groaning under an influx of the digitally interested.

U of T Student Blogs At SXSW: http://techdrawl.com/university-of-texas-student-covers-sxsw/

University of Texas Student Covers #SXSW
by Audrey Dyer on March 17, 2009

The invaluable Caroline McCarty posts from SXSWi on her blog at http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10198598-36.html?tag=mncol;title

Does location-based networking need some direction?
by Caroline McCarthy

Phil Glockner reported on the CLoud Computing Panel at the SXSW Live Blog:http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/sxsw_liveblog_-_

SXSW Liveblog - Cloud Computing: Defending the Undefineable
Written by Phil Glockner / March 17, 2009 8:51 AM
On the panel were Kevin Gibbs (Tech Lead & Mgr Google App Engine, Google App Engine), Yousef Khalidi (Distinguished Engineer, Microsoft), Werner Vogels (CTO, Amazon.com).

Intro
cloud_computing_defending_the_unde.php

CNet's Carolie McCarthy at SXSW: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10197152-36.html?tag=mncol;title

Filmmaker Spurlock: Digital distribution revenues are 'pathetic'
by Caroline McCarthy

Guess what isn't super-sized? Digital distribution revenues for filmmakers, apparently.
AUSTIN, Texas--The Internet and the rise of online video have meant a plethora of new options for independent filmmakers. But, as has been well-publicized, the money just isn't there yet. A panel at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival on Monday highlighted that this is an extremely contentious issue.

CNEt's Caroline McCarthy posts from Austin at http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10197073-36.html?tag=mncol;title

AUSTIN, Texas--So the real star of the South by Southwest Interactive Festival has been Apple's iPhone. For better or for worse.