Allen Weiner

I am filled with excitement over what awaits at SXSWEdu next week, here in Austin. A cursory glance reveals some interesting sessions on a variety of ed-tech topics that align to my research, but the networking opportunities to meet innovators in the e-textbook and ed-tech space appears overwhelming. Hope to meet lots of interesting, forward-thinking [...]

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Category: Uncategorized     Tags: e-textbooks, ed-tech, edtech, etextbooks, SXSW, SXSWedu

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I think I have the hang of it. This is my second SXSW and I did my best to prep in terms of which sessions to attend, which trade show booths I want to attend, which movies I want to see and which parties I want to crash. Those who know me will attest that [...]

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Category: Conferences     Tags: Austin, Avner Ronen, Kick-Ass, Mark Cuban, South by Southwest, SXSW

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It’s with great excitement that I will be reporting/blogging/video-ing/Tweeting, etc… from South By Southwest (SXSW) or, as we Austinites say, “South by.” The show is in three sections: interactive, film and music. The first several days are interactive (think a cooler version of Internet World in its earliest San Jose days) and the last several [...]

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Category: Conferences     Tags: Austin, South by Southwest, SXSW, Texas

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Tyler Barth, director of marketing for Blue Microphones, demos the new Mikey, a cool gadget that attaches to your iPod, iPhone, etc.. and facilitates amazing .wav recording.

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Category: blogging broadcasting citizen media Conferences     Tags: Blue Microphones, SXSW

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After a delayed screening of “The Yes Men Fix the World” at SXSW, I was able to catch up with Mike Bonnano, one of the Yes Men, and ask him some questions about what’s next for the corporate pranksters as well as film funding issues. While not a prank, one of the memorable scenes in [...]

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Category: citizen media Conferences film Newspapers     Tags: Andy Bichlbaum, HBO, MIke Bonnano, SXSW, The New York Times, The Yes Men

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We made our way over to The Belmont, uStream.TV’s headquarters for SXSW. Eager to see just how uStream put together a high-quality live streamcast, I captured the configuration (somewhat) in the video below. There’s an s-Video out from the Panasonic HD camera to the broadcast mixer and an audio out from the camera to the [...]

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Category: broadcasting Conferences     Tags: Austin, SXSW, uStream

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Last year, I wrote about the concept of turning the mobile phone into the ultimate device for mobile reporting (a concept which applies to any content creator). Publishers, in keeping with the Web 2.0 notion of timely information in a variety of formats, would arm journalists with a tricked-phone phone from which they could write, [...]

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Category: blogging citizen media Conferences Mobile Publishing     Tags: Dell, Flixwagon, journaist, netbook, Nokia, platypus journalist, Qik, SXSW

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After two-plus days of panels, meeting and briefings (as well as just bathing in the spirit and energy at SXSW), the interactive (web/internet) portion of the show ends and the music takes center stage. Film continues throughout the week with a mix of indie films, short films and some world feature film premieres. Spike Lee’s [...]

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Category: blogging citizen media Conferences     Tags: "Over the Hills and Far Away", Austin, Spike Lee, SXSW

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I had the opportunity to sit down with Bob Alexander, president of Indiepix Films, an independent film distributor, and discuss the role the role technology is playing in the creation and distribution of independent films. The interview is about 20 minutes, but very interesting for those who follow the movie industry. Indiepix’s film, “The Least [...]

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Category: citizen media Conferences film     Tags: Bob Alexander, films, Indiepix, movies, SXSW, The Least of These

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After arriving on the third full day of SXSW in Austin, I was quick to get the lay of the land and begin meeting some of the hot, entrepreneurial companies at the show. The show includes an interactive portion (through Tuesday), film (all week long) and music (all week, but picks up after Tuesday). The [...]

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Category: citizen media Conferences social media     Tags: Alltop, Austin, Guy Kawasaki, Onespot, Otherinbox, Quickpod, SXSW, Texas, Twine

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