Top 10 Takeaways from SXSW Interactive
10 - Best Interactive Promo booth at the Exhibit Hall - Sonic Photo Blast
Cameras rigged on a circular truss capture similtaneous images which are stiched together into a 360 video revolve you can share with your friends via Facebook or Twitter. People were having a lot of fun with this one. Interaction Design by 24g in Detroit See it in action
9 - Best session - “7 Reasons why your Employees Hate You” by Adam Kleinberg of Traction, recap at //bit.ly/hateyou Great pointers if you’ve got a managerial / producer bent.
8 - Best book recommendation - Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers by Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, James Macanufo
A book packed ways to make your brainstorming sessions more productive indexed with actionable suggestions for each phase of creative development. Book rec courtesy of Kevin Hoffman of Happy Cog
7 - Best new App - GroupMe. A group texting app that works across iOS/Droid/BB and plain ole SMS. Works great for groups to coordinate plans on the go.
6 - Best Quote - “The frightening and most difficult thing about being what one calls a “creative person” is that you have absolutely no idea where any of your thoughts come from, and you have no idea where they’re going to come from tomorrow” - from the documentary Art and Copy
5 - Best band discovery - Trombone Shorty, great funky up tempo rock with a trombone and trumpet mixed in. These New Orleans dudes know how to put on a show and they rocked it at the PBS / NPR party
4 - Best way to cut your carbon footprint - EnergyHub. A whole home system that allows you to turn off and on your lights or appliances via your phone, the web, or their touchscreen console. Super easy way to monitor and cut your electricity use.
3 - Best gadget - Cinq by Sideline. A USB screen you can clip onto your laptop for dual screen work productivity on the go. Perfect for the tech nomad that’s gotten spoiled with dual screens at their desk.
2 - Best thing for a job seeker - The Creative Agency, a free job placement service for creative jobs. Check out their 2011 Salary Guide too.
1 - Best crazy idea in development - Motus Studios is working on a real time Motion Capture platform with the idea of allowing video game characters to go on the talk show circuit. Imagine a character from a video game as a guest on SNL being rendered in realtime while a dude in a mocap suit performs the action remotely in the mocap studio. They said it’s about two years out from being launched.
10 - Best Interactive Promo booth at the Exhibit Hall - Sonic Photo Blast
Cameras rigged on a circular truss capture similtaneous images which are stiched together into a 360 video revolve you can share with your friends via Facebook or Twitter. People were having a lot of fun with this one. Interaction Design by 24g in Detroit See it in action
9 - Best session - “7 Reasons why your Employees Hate You” by Adam Kleinberg of Traction, recap at //bit.ly/hateyou Great pointers if you’ve got a managerial / producer bent.
8 - Best book recommendation - Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers by Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, James Macanufo
A book packed ways to make your brainstorming sessions more productive indexed with actionable suggestions for each phase of creative development. Book rec courtesy of Kevin Hoffman of Happy Cog
7 - Best new App - GroupMe. A group texting app that works across iOS/Droid/BB and plain ole SMS. Works great for groups to coordinate plans on the go.
6 - Best Quote - “The frightening and most difficult thing about being what one calls a “creative person” is that you have absolutely no idea where any of your thoughts come from, and you have no idea where they’re going to come from tomorrow” - from the documentary Art and Copy
5 - Best band discovery - Trombone Shorty, great funky up tempo rock with a trombone and trumpet mixed in. These New Orleans dudes know how to put on a show and they rocked it at the PBS / NPR party
4 - Best way to cut your carbon footprint - EnergyHub. A whole home system that allows you to turn off and on your lights or appliances via your phone, the web, or their touchscreen console. Super easy way to monitor and cut your electricity use.
3 - Best gadget - Cinq by Sideline. A USB screen you can clip onto your laptop for dual screen work productivity on the go. Perfect for the tech nomad that’s gotten spoiled with dual screens at their desk.
2 - Best thing for a job seeker - The Creative Agency, a free job placement service for creative jobs. Check out their 2011 Salary Guide too.
1 - Best crazy idea in development - Motus Studios is working on a real time Motion Capture platform with the idea of allowing video game characters to go on the talk show circuit. Imagine a character from a video game as a guest on SNL being rendered in realtime while a dude in a mocap suit performs the action remotely in the mocap studio. They said it’s about two years out from being launched.
