Thoughts on systems, engineering, AI, technology and life.
This SXSW 2018 I want to pay tribute to Carlo Longino (@caaarlo): Austinite, mobile pioneer, visionary and supporter, Mobile Monday Austin co-organizer, who passed away last October 2017. He was only 39 years old. At the time I was working in Puerto Rico, a bit disconnected. When I read the sad news in my Twitter … Read more
The Mobile Monday Austin (unofficial) SXSW party is back. Join us at Fogo de Chao on Monday, March 10 at 5:30pm for some free drinks and food, as well as demos from leading mobile startups from Austin and around the world. We packed Fogo de Chao last year with a room full of great conversation, … Read more
SXSW Interactive is here! Very cool… The panels/sessions are looking great, the parties and the get together… And the weather is perfect. From the various cool panels, to the Monks of Invention, Mobile Future 15, to MobileMonday Austin and many others, hope to see you around! Ping me if you are at Interactive @eortiz (Twitter). … Read more
We are less than a month away from SXSW Interactive; exciting! If you are attending the Festival, don’t forget to stop by the Mobile Future 15 session; more info below… When? Monday, March 14, 3:30-6pm. Topics & Speakers: Mobile Opportunities for Entrepreneurs in 2011 (Raj Singh, Stanford Research Institute) Future of Mobile Gaming/Entertainment (Peter Vesterbacka, … Read more
For the last number of months I’ve been curating the SXSWi Mobile Future 15 panel. This is a special kind of short-form panel content, fast-paced sessions, each title reflecting one 12-minute solo speaking slot, which is followed by a short, three-minute break before the next speaker begins his or her presentation. These proved to be … Read more
One of the cool things about helping judge/select the mobile sessions for SXSW Interactive Festival is that it is like taking the pulse of the Mobile industry — how the mobile industry and technologists feel about the state of things. This year’s mobility and new technology submissions show how Geo & Social, AR and Big-Data … Read more
A reminder that the 2011 SXSW Interactive PanelPicker community voting is open and that voting ends Aug 27, 2010. SXSW Interactive is on March 11-15, 2011. For SXSW Interactive alone there are 2344 sessions! Wow. And for mobile/wireless and mobile apps there are 96 sessions. Please remember that SXSW is a community-driven event and that … Read more
It is that time again… The 2011 SXSW PanelPicker launched on Tuesday, June 15: see PanelPicker 2011: Send Us Your Incredible Programming Ideas Now! (SXSW blog). The entry process for the PanelPicker continues through Friday, July 9. Then the public voting phase on these proposals will run from Monday, August 9 through Friday, August 27. … Read more
This is my first blog after SXSW 2010. After an intense week, I got sick like a dog, and after recovering got super busy with my real day job — bring to market Motive‘s mobile broadband solution for call centers; the level of interest by operators continue to grow by the day. SXSW Interactive Festival … Read more
Beerland Texas, a venue on Red River in Austin Texas, declared (during SXSW?) that bloggers aren’t real writers… They also hate Google Analytics ;-) Hilarious! ceo (via Anthony Volodki‘s blog)