SCHED* Unofficial Guide to SXSW 2010: Full Schedule

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Making Genuine Connections: Putting Passion Over Process

Writers, musicians and other creatives are always on the lookout for new strategies to help get their work in front of key influencers. Sure, off-the-shelf solutions can be helpful, but they can take the adventure out of making genuine connections. This presentation will focus on letting go of outcomes and following...
http://my.sxsw.com/events/event/760

Friday March 12, 2010 3:30pm - 4:30pm CST
Courtyard Rio Grande B Austin Convention Center

Panel, Interactive

Tags Love & Happiness

5:00pm CST

How To Not Be A Douchebag At SXSW

Aimed at both first-time and long-time attendees to SXSW Interactive, this biting and humorous, yet useful panel takes a look at the common actions and behaviors to avoid if you don't want to be described as "doing it wrong."
http://my.sxsw.com/events/event/4992

Friday March 12, 2010 5:00pm - 6:00pm CST
Courtyard Rio Grande B Austin Convention Center

Panel, Interactive

Tags Love & Happiness

12:30pm CST

Third Coast: How to Be a Startup Outside of Silicon Valley

It is difficult to establish a startup no matter where you are in the world, but there are great companies and events that began life outside of Silicon Valley. Threadless, 37Signals, FeedBurner, BIG Omaha conference, and SXSW itself are proof that technology life exists away from the coasts. These less-than-obvious locales...
http://my.sxsw.com/events/event/797

Saturday March 13, 2010 12:30pm - 1:30pm CST
Courtyard Rio Grande B Austin Convention Center

Panel, Interactive

Tags Love & Happiness

3:30pm CST

How Geeks Grabbed Philadelphia by the Balls

Ready to skip town because you think it's played out? Techies aren't techie enough? Creatives aren't creative enough? We'll talk about how Philadelphia turned around in just 2 years by embracing its strengths and local flavor, helping to build new leaders, and inspiring an intense city pride. It's not as tough...
http://my.sxsw.com/events/event/528

Saturday March 13, 2010 3:30pm - 4:30pm CST
Courtyard Rio Grande B Austin Convention Center

Panel, Interactive

Tags Love & Happiness

5:00pm CST

Keeping Sane While Working From Home

In these days of cost cutting and freelancing, telecommuting is becoming more popular. While coworking might be great it doesn't work for everyone. What do you do when you're home all day, no one but you and the cats or the kids? Come learn some ways to stay sane.
http://my.sxsw.com/events/event/572

Saturday March 13, 2010 5:00pm - 6:00pm CST
Courtyard Rio Grande B Austin Convention Center

Panel, Interactive

Tags Love & Happiness

12:30pm CDT

Ditch the Old to Build Your Dream Life

Let's face it, few people are really happy with our lives. We wish we could toss it all in and start again, find that elusive š„²balance' & our bliss. Hear from people who've tossed all (or most) of their old lives or jobs to find the life they really wanted.
http://my.sxsw.com/events/event/473

Sunday March 14, 2010 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
Courtyard Rio Grande B Austin Convention Center

Panel, Interactive

Tags Love & Happiness

3:30pm CDT

Showering Optional: Tips for Remote Employees

Remotely working isn't the same as working remote. Dispel the myths (watching endless hours of daytime television), perpetuate the stereotypes (wearing pajamas to work), and learn the tricks of the trade (pressing mute during conference calls). "Telecommuting" is so 2002. "Remote Employees" are the new black.
http://my.sxsw.com/events/event/781

Sunday March 14, 2010 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
Courtyard Rio Grande B Austin Convention Center

Panel, Interactive

Tags Love & Happiness

5:00pm CDT

Funemployed - Success Stories From the Laid Off Community

This panel will explain how to deal with being laid off / unemployed, and showcase some unique ways that people have spent their time while unemployed. It will feature not only successful startups, but also touch on the various unique and exciting ways one can spend their newly found "free time"...
http://my.sxsw.com/events/event/511

Sunday March 14, 2010 5:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Courtyard Rio Grande B Austin Convention Center

Panel, Interactive

Tags Love & Happiness

12:30pm CDT

Surviving Federal Contracts: From IxD Hell and Back

We're not going to tell you how to win federal contracts. There's plenty of idiots to tell you about that. We're the idiots who will tell you how - as an interaction designer - to survive the government project your idiot boss just won. Otherwise? That idiot just f*&ked you.
http://my.sxsw.com/events/event/4998

Monday March 15, 2010 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
Courtyard Rio Grande B Austin Convention Center

Panel, Interactive

Tags Love & Happiness

3:30pm CDT

Work In Advertising And Sleep Well At Night

Are you ashamed of your profession when asked about it at a cocktail party? Learn what happens when brands and people have an understanding around each other's credibility, care, and congruency. Trust is fostered, transactions are made more likely, and simple interactions form the basis of a sustainable relationship.
http://my.sxsw.com/events/event/808

Monday March 15, 2010 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
Courtyard Rio Grande B Austin Convention Center

Panel, Interactive

Tags Love & Happiness

5:00pm CDT

Making the Move from California to Austin

Is California a progressive, cultural oasis, or over-rated and full of itself? Is Austin a young, up-and-coming, tech and music mecca, or a little hillbilly backwater? Come and share your experiences as an area "expert", or merely a curious traveler, as we consider the merits of these two geographically disparate regions...
http://my.sxsw.com/events/event/8070

Monday March 15, 2010 5:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Courtyard Rio Grande B Austin Convention Center

Panel, Interactive

Tags Love & Happiness

12:30pm CDT

Getting Better: The Designer's Path From Good To Great

The gap between good and great: there are tried and true ways to improve; but the best road isn't someone else's. Forge your own Desire Path: how personal projects will take you where you want to go. Join Thinking For a Living Network's inside discussion on doing what you love.
http://my.sxsw.com/events/event/806

Tuesday March 16, 2010 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
Courtyard Rio Grande B Austin Convention Center

Panel, Interactive

Tags Love & Happiness

3:30pm CDT

Get What You Want, Whatever It Is

Unleash the power of your mind and emotions. How you think and feel affects what happens. Learn how to - use your thoughts and emotions for good; visualize what you want, feel gratitude and then manifest it; stop paddling against the current and float downstream toward success and happiness.
http://my.sxsw.com/events/event/517

Tuesday March 16, 2010 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
Courtyard Rio Grande B Austin Convention Center

Panel, Interactive

Tags Love & Happiness

5:00pm CDT

Brilliant Second Acts You Must Steal Tricks From

Few expect a lifelong job anymore and, in the creative industry, reinvention can be key to career longevity. This presentation curates jaw-dropping second acts of trailblazers who have matched or exceeded the success of their career first acts and presents the common predictors to steal for your own use.
http://my.sxsw.com/events/event/429

Tuesday March 16, 2010 5:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Courtyard Rio Grande B Austin Convention Center

Panel, Interactive

Tags Love & Happiness

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