Thoughts from a Bafta nominated Podcaster, Blogger, Writer and Commentator.
The SXSW Panel Picker, which helps choose around 30% of the 500 panels at SXSW Interactive, is now open for voting on by the community. If you’ve been to Austin before you won’t need Eric and I’s panel (“How To Avoid Getting Lost“) so go browse and find something more exciting.
SXSW take on the issue of the Panel Picker and how it feels like a popularity contest. Yes, all ideas that are sent in to this interface are displayed in the online voting interface (which goes live Monday, August 15 and stays open through Friday, September 2). However, voting from the general public accounts for only 30% of the decision-making process on any given idea. Much more important is feedback from the SXSW Advisory Board (40%), as well as input from the SXSW Staff (30%). The problem, as with many things in the modern web, isn’t the reality of the
South by Southwest has opened up their submission system for the 2012 Interactive, Film and Music panels. Submit your ideas from now until Mid-July, and then the internet will vote on which ideas it thinks it wants to hear about in March next year – or simply vote for the panel with Felicia Day on it… just because. I’ve a doozy of a panel idea, which will be going up next week, once I check in with Eric, Rachel and the rest of my SouthBy Posse. (And yes, this really belongs on SXSW Baby! but we’re still fighting Brad’s B2Evo/PHP/EE
It’s abut eight hours until the deadline on the lets get everyone pushing SXSW on their blogs and over twitter as we open registration panel picker to help us make sure we get the A-list bloggers involved the right mix of panels that people want at SXSW 2010 All the credit, and thus all the blame goes to Rachel Clarke for this panel… Exciting your Audience with Appointment Social Media With increased ability of real-time search, it’s easier than ever for fans and followers to find each other and interact around TV shows (American Idol), conferences, sports (Nascar) and even
