SXSW Interactive 2014 Program Guide: Tomorrow Happens Here
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SXSW 2014 Interactive Festival 88 89 SXSW 2014 Interactive Festival DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT ACC [BALLROOMS A & BC]: 500 E CESAR CHAVEZ; FOUR SEASONS: 98 SAN JACINTO BLVD 12:30 PM ACC: Ballroom BC Current Trends at SXSW Interactive With so much going on at SXSW each day, it's easy to miss some important bit of information that could end up changing the world. Join SXSW senior staff and special press guests to get their take on the important events, the hottest trends, and the most inspirational moments to come out of the event as it's happening. TBA Panel • Intermediate • #SXSWRecap 12:30 PM Four Seasons: Four Seasons Ballroom CSS Pre-Processor Myths This talk will break some of the myths regarding pre-processors, and explain how they have helped us to be more efficient when coding CSS. This session will argue that pre- processors are the way to go to boost front-end workflows and productivity. During the lecture, I will teach designers and developers how to get into CSS pre-processors with practical examples. Ramon Lapenta Solo • Intermediate • #sass 12:30 PM Four Seasons: San Jacinto Ballroom 4 Caffeinated Strangers Launch a Product, Live Watch four strangers launch a product in an hour, creating a knowledge-product to sell online. Our analyst will build a spreadsheet model to explore an industry trend. Our coder will build a WordPress-powered site with Stripe payments and a download management system. Our front-end designer will implement a template and custom- ize with CSS tweaks. Then we all cross our fingers and click "launch." Bill Hogan, Jess Morse, Pippin Williamson, Shiloh Daniel Panel • Intermediate • #4strangers 3:30 PM ACC: Ballroom A Good to Great: API Design Patterns Beyond REST This session will talk about the best practices one should follow when designing an API, design patterns that popular APIs use and the situations where the patterns are successful (or not). Jeremiah Cohick Solo • Advanced • #dx 3:30 PM ACC: Ballroom BC Creative Coding: Art + Design with Cinder Animation behind touch-sensitive glass is no longer enough to amaze digital natives. Through a presentation and live-coding demo using creative coding toolkit, Cinder, Keith Butters (Cinder co-creator), noted artist Chandler McWilliams, and technologist Toby Bordeaux will demonstrate how to build a prototype and discuss how to better incorporate technology into the creative process. Chandler McWilliams, Keith Butters, Toby Boudreaux Panel • Intermediate • #CinderCode 3:30 PM Four Seasons: Four Seasons Ballroom Bringing Sexy Back to Developers There's an app for almost everything now, but whether apps get traction depends on a blend of brains (back-end functionality) and beauty (UX). To build a lasting rela- tionship, there has to be substance. For developers, the infrastructure can be just as sexy as the UI. Join Parse CEO Ilya Sukhar to talk about why back-end functionality is integral to building an app that attracts and engages users. Ilya Sukhar Solo • Advanced • #sexyback 3:30 PM Four Seasons: San Jacinto Ballroom Building the Future with Gigabit Apps Gigabit networks like Google Fiber offer fundamentally new ways to create and con- nect. How do developers, end-users and civic leaders put them to good use? Creating applications that benefit the public is challenging across a number of dimensions: technological, economic and societal. Aaron Deacon, Bob Metcalfe, Will Barkis Panel • Intermediate • #gigabit 5:00 PM ACC: Ballroom A API Management: The Agony & the Ecstasy This session will offer a balanced look at the reality of managing a popular API, drawn from over 6 years of experience working on APIs at Google. The session will review the challenges that APIs present across their lifecycle, including growing a developer community, responding to abuse, and turning down APIs that have been deprecated. Thor Mitchell Solo • Intermediate • #apiagony 5:00 PM ACC: Ballroom BC Brand to Code: Building a Future Friendly PBS KIDS Last year, PBS KIDS took on the task of redesigning its brand. A small internal team took on the challenge of redesigning for multiple platforms, transitioning flash to HTML and presenting content to both preschool non-readers and school age readers. This case study will cover the process from concept to launch including challenges, compromises and a few moments of brilliance. Chris Bishop, Miguel Montanez Dual • Advanced • #newpbskids 5:00 PM Four Seasons: Four Seasons Ballroom How Mobile Is Changing the Research Universe Smartphones have changed from the way consumers respond to inquiries, to the tools available to collect data and feedback. This session will explore the different collection methods available, discuss in detail the changing definition of what research actually is, as well as the moral, legal, and ethical obligations researchers have as research and collection methods continue to change. Andrew Campbell Solo • Intermediate • #MoreChange 5:00 PM Four Seasons: San Jacinto Ballroom The Most Influential Visualizations of All Time Why do we produce charts and infographics? To change the world and influence peo- ple. We have chosen the five most influential visualisations of all time to help you make change in your world. Each can teach us things to apply to our own work.You will leave knowing not only more about the history of data visualisation but about how you can create change in your own work. Andy Cotgreave Solo • Beginner • #5vizzes 6:30 PM ACC: Ballroom BC The Untold Story of SXSW Interactive: An Oral History When it started 20 years ago, who would have thought SXSW Interactive would be- come THE launching pad for startups, THE hunting ground for tech investors, and THE lab of forward-thinking ideas that it is today. This uncensored oral history of SXSW Interactive, is the occasionally sad, sometimes contentious, frequently messy, but ultimately triumphant story of how five days in March grew into one of the most important cultural and economic incubators of the new millennium. Robert Safian, Hugh Forrest, danah boyd, Guy Kawasaki, Baratunde Thurston, Molly Steenson Special Event • Beginner • #uncensored SUNDAY, MARCH 9 11:00 AM ACC: Ballroom A Penicillin 2.0: Sensor-Driven Health Gadi Amit of NewDealDesign, the principle product designer behind Fitbit, Whistle, Sproutling and several other wearable sensors, will discuss the ways wearables will fundamentally alter our measurement of health and overall interactions with medicine. Gadi Amit Solo • Intermediate • #bodyometer 11:00 AM ACC: Ballroom BC How Open Licensing Is Transforming Design When designers share their work under an open license, they invite others to build upon and transform their designs without asking for permission. A few years ago, the idea of letting non-clients steal your work was crazy; today, it's a big part of how designers network, collaborate, and create professional opportunities. Elliot Harmon, Eric Stover, Scott Belsky, Sofya Polyakov Panel • Intermediate • #opendesign FESTIVAL SESSIONS