Tag: SXSW

Earlier this month, we saw the incredible Panic Status board, a real-time visualization of the Portland-based software company's activities and tasks. Running on a large high def screen mounted in the office, the Web-based board tracks the number of outstanding tech requests, creating a way for everyone at the company to quickly see what's happening. Panic found that the board, in effect, ...

Share Yesterday at SXSW's "Bigg Digg Shindigg" event at Stubb's BBQ, Digg announced that it had been working on a complete redesign of its popular social recommendation site. Digg CEO Jay Adelson told attendees that the project (involving more customizable and relevant home pages, faster site, and new user features) has been five years in the making. The next version of Digg promises a ...

If 2009, with 'Zombieland,' 'The Hangover' and 'Year One,' was the year of the popular awkward guy, then 2010 confirms our suspicions: geeky, comic-book reading, 'Star Trek' quoting nerds are officially cooler than Vince Vaughn's suave in 'Couples Retreat.' At the start of South By Southwest's film festival on Friday, the block-long line forming outside of the premier of Mark Millar's comic-book ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2010/02/24/twitter-ads-imminent-might-actually-make-money/'; One of the games that digital prognosticators love to play is guessing when and how Twitter will make money. We've taken particular joy in lambasting one of our favorite social networks for absorbing investor dollars like a black hole. But all of the fun and games may be coming to an end now that ...

Earlier this month, Austin, Texas was the scene of one of the biggest independent music festivals in the world. Called South By Southwest (or SXSW), the festival finds lovers of all things indie flocking to the area for a week of rockin' and rollin' -- to some locals' chagrin. Police, in particular, have their hands full during the festival, so it wasn't really a surprise when a Twitter account ...