It was a while ago now, but I’ve got a few notes left over from a couple of panels I went to and I may as well dump them here in a single post – you never know what someone else will find useful, so here they are: Regional Whuffie

Three of my favourite mixtapes of recent times have come from local promoters. These are thems. Sam Redmore – A Party Mix I keep hearing Sam’s name around at the moment. I wouldn’t exactly say I’ve got my ear that close to the ground so I’m guessing

Website visitor figures are one of those things in life that you tend to assume are slightly exaggerated (I’m not naming the others, this is a family blog). Which is why I was surprised to see the following numbers quoted in a press release from Advantage West Midlands (also

As a little light relief from the semi-coherent notes from SXSW that I’ve been posting, here’s something a little different. On the last night in Austin we were at the Brit Bash, having a merry old time and looking forward to seeing the headliners when a wall of

Remixing the Museum Exhibition Speakers: * Jim Forrest  – Peabody Essex Museum * Ben Tucker –  GreenRiver.org * Ellis Neder   – Creative Dir,   Sway Design * Steven Alvarez –   Dir of Programs & Media,   Alaska Native Heritage Center Museums can be conversational – you can go with friends and chat about the exhibits. Museums have not generally translated

Building Strong Online Communities * Ken Fisher –   Editor-in-Chief,   Ars Technica * Alexis Ohanian   – Prod Mgr of Awesome,   reddit.com * Drew Curtis –   The Member,   Fark.com * Erin Kotecki Vest  – BlogHer Inc BlogHer started from a flame war about where all the female bloggers are. (Liked the line “We decided to do something instead

HOWTO: 149 Surprising Ways to Turbocharge Your Blog With Credibility! Speakers: * John Gruber – Raconteur, Daring Fireball * Merlin Mann – You Look Nice Today Talk about everything and you talk to no-one. Who is your ideal reader? If you’re going to copy something successful make sure you’re copying the right

Curating the Crowd-Sourced World Speakers: * Jen Bekman – CEO, Jen Bekman Projects and 20×200 * Paddy Johnson – Editor, Art Fag City * Nion McEvoy – CEO, Chronicle Books * Dustin Hostetler – Special Projects Curator, skinnyCorp * Gina Trapani – Founding Editor, Lifehacker.com This talk is available as a podcast. Notes Curation – taking suggestions from your

What Can We Learn From Games Speakers: * Henry Jenkins – Co-Dir CMS, MIT * James Gee – Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies, Arizona State University * Warren Spector – GM Creative Dir, Junction Point – Disney Interactive Studios People are turned off by learning in the education system, but games are using learning

Tips for Making Ideas Happen Scott Belsky – CEO, Behance This talk is available as a podcast. There is a love for ideas generation but organisation is as important as creativity. In the creative sector there is a general lack of accountability and leadership as well as disregarded and isolated networks.