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12 panels I want to see at SXSW 2011.
I put a ton of time into reading a ton (over 400 of ~3000 available) of proposals on the SXSW Panel Picker site this year, and it was overwhelming. I don’t know how people do it. I bet I voted for more than 50 of what I read, at which point I was all tuckered out. But, before I retired from my SXSW voting activity, I also wanted to share some of the ones that interested me - in a non “hey this is my cool friend, vote for him/her!” kind of way. Ergo…
The following is a deeply considered list of twelve SXSW 2011 presentation proposals that interested me the very most. Some include friends of mine; most don’t. If you want to make SXSW 2011 a better conference (yeah, yeah, in my opinion), check these out and vote to help get them on the schedule. Today’s the final day to voice your opinion. Thank you, and good night.
- Information Architecture as Storytelling, by me. You knew one of them was going to be my own. No point beating around the bush, so let’s get it out of the way. Information Architecture as Storytelling is essentially about my team’s somewhat esoteric, yet measurably effective, approach to structuring persuasive websites. It’s good stuff. I THINK YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR THIS
- Don’t Play Games with Me, by Brynn Evans. Brynn is smarter than anyone has a right to be, and her proposal on social media games and the greater good promises to be stellar. VOTE FOR THIS ONE
- Generalist vs. Specialist: Who’s Best in Creative Teams, by Jeremy Fuksa. Really, I just hope a food fight breaks out during this one. I’m bringing food. VOTE FOR IT
- The iPad: Designing for Transparent Computing, by Rob Rhyne. Rob had me at, “Why are gestures the new design grammar?” YOU MIGHT WANT TO VOTE FOR IT
- Quick and Adventurous User Research Techniques, by Christine Perfetti. I need this. If you design websites, you need this. NEED IT
- Will New User Interface Technology Make Us Illiterate? by David Merrill. You already know what I think the answer is. I’m hoping to have my beliefs challenged. WE NEED MORE OF THAT
- 15 Slides, Three Writers, Three Ways — One Hour, by Michael Lopp. Gruber, Coudal, and Rands in a deconstructive slo-mo adaptation of Battledecks? IT’S BRAIN SEX
- The Content Economy and the Web’s Rumored Demise, by Richard Ziade. Overwhelming intellectual firepower, timely issues. NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD MEN…
- Worst Website Ever II: Too Stupid to Fail, by Andy Baio. If we all attend together, we will never fall victim to groupthink ever, ever again. TRUST YOUR FEELINGS
- Geppetto’s Army: Creating International Incidents with Twitterbots, by Greg Marra. Anyone who turned their avatars green during the Iranian elections, prepare to be amazed. You never know what you don’t know. YOU KNOW?
- You Should Be an Internet Personality, by Darrin Robertson. Your basic examination of the purpose of seeking influence online, who benefits, and why. SERIOUS BUSINESS
- Conversational Journalism: Do’s and Don’ts of Audience Participation, by Doreen Marchionni. They don’t come any smarter than Doreen. This presentation on the growing pains of journalistic production and consumption promises to delight, inform, and stimulate more thought than someone who struggles like I do with apostrophe’s can generally handle. YOU SHOULD TOTALLY VOTE FOR IT
