Events matching tag "history"
Saturday, March 8
It’s easy to assume that social media is a recent development. But the exchange of media within social networks goes back centuries. I think it can be traced back to Roman times, when members of the elite shared and copi…
Intermediate
Presenters
Tom Standage
What are the 100 objects that future historians will pick to define our 21st century? A javelin thrown by an 'enhanced' Paralympian far further than any normal human? Virtual reality interrogation equipment used by polic…
Intermediate
Presenters
Adrian Hon
When it started two decades ago, SXSW Interactive was a couple hundred participants and a handful of panel discussions, all crammed into a few rooms at a Hyatt in Austin. Today, it has become a launching pad for startups…
Beginner
Presenters
Baratunde Thurston, Danah Boyd, Gary Vaynerchuk, Guy Kawasaki, Hugh Forrest, Lane Becker, Molly Steenson, Robert Safian
Sunday, March 9
The most basic technology and process we use today to fish was introduced 40,000 years ago. While human factors and user experience (UX) are more recent sciences, they are more similar to fishing than you may think. Let…
Intermediate
Presenters
Jon Kohrs
Monday, March 10
A typed journal from WWI passed on through generations fuels a young man's dreams of time travel and allows us to explore the power of personal stories and photos. Together with archival collections, these items take us…
Intermediate
Presenters
Heather Champ, Johan Oomen, Jon Voss, Rachel Frick
This powerful film odyssey across America explores the sea change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our…
Tuesday, March 11
This powerful film odyssey across America explores the sea change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our…
Thursday, March 13
This powerful film odyssey across America explores the sea change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our…
Friday, March 14
This powerful film odyssey across America explores the sea change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our…
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