Round 1 of the panel selection process for SXSW has concluded and we should know in the next few weeks what the results of that round were. In the meantime round two of the voting has begun with 162 new panel ideas that were submitted in the last month. I just cast my votes for […]

Back in 1979 the Buggles releases a new wave song named Video Killed the Radio Star that celebrated the golden age of radio. When the fledging MTV network launched in 1981 the ground-breaking video for the song was the first video to be shown. Over the years MTV has premiered groundbreaking shows like Yo MTV […]

The organizers of SXSW have just opened the SXSW 2007 Interactive Panel Picker. You can help pick the panels for next year’s SXSW Interactive festival. These panels were suggested by the comunity at large and former panelist. I recommended 7 or 8 myself. If you are planning on attending I highly recommend that you cast […]

As a kid I was a huge fan of the Rocky movies. Who doesn’t like a good underdog story. In Rocky III however Rocky wasn’t an underdog. In the third installment of the series Rocky is on top of the game, he’s the champ, he’s rich and doesn’t really have any challenges (so he thinks). […]

One of the core activities that a business undertakes either when they are starting or as they evaluate their position in the market is identifying their competition. One of the core mistakes that I have seen people make is either incorrectly identifying someone as a competitor or foolishly dismissing a company because they don’t believe […]