Marcus Krzastek

After two epic years, we are saying goodbye to our beloved household and burning it to the ground. To celebrate the joyous funeral of our domain, we'll be throwing one final shindig in its honor. Come on out help us celebrate all that is and was 15 S Highland.

Theme will be Tight and Bright - gather all your weird neon shit from your last...

Come celebrate the first weekend of warm weather by enjoying some beers and assorted cooked meats products.

Featuring:

DIPLO
ECLECTIC METHOD
w/ visuals by SEEPER and CTRL

As the sun sets over SXSW and Austin comes alive, Vimeo and Nikon invite you to an evening of musical mayhem and immersive visual eye candy in the heart of the once-dormant Seaholm Power Plant. With your own eyes or through the lens, experience an event like no other with world...

Many CEOs of large corporations are currently looking with envy at startups. They seem to be able to launch highly innovative products quickly, spent almost nothing in marketing and do it all with small budgets. So how can corporations learn from startups? This panel will explore which best practices large companies can use to operate more like...

Join us with Frank Gruber (TechCocktail) and Travis Kalanick (Uber Cab) following Groupon CEO Andrew Mason’s presentation for a provocative discussion on the increasingly social marketplace. Where is it headed, and what does it mean for retailers, agencies, and consumers? What happens when promotion becomes content, when site pursue...

Meet the co-founders of this red-hot startup, and find out how group messaging is changing the way we communicate – both on a personal and professional level.

Speakers: Jared Hecht and Steve Martocci (Co-Founders, GroupMe)
Moderated by Ellen McGirt (Senior Writer, Fast Company)

If you look at The Daily, most iPad magazines, even Gawker's new redesign, they all have the same problem: They're not adhering to basic design principles that make any publication effective. We'll talk with Khoi Vinh of Subtraction.com and former design director of NYTimes.com about his new book, Ordering Disorder: Grid Principles...

Is there a tech bubble or should we popping the cork with the bubbly to celebrate the resurgence of tech valuations, IPOs, M&A and start-up activity? Mark Silva leads a panel of today’s top VCs to discuss their take on the subject, how they’re addressing and evaluating in a high-growth capital environment.

Panel includes:

Moderator: Mark...

The Gist crew is heading to Austin and to get the day started, the drinks are on us. Bloody Mary's or coffee, it's up to you. We are bringing energy and some great people so we hope to meet you there!

Come hang out for a while, get your day started right and talk tech with folks from the Seattle (or anywhere) tech scene.

More than ever, brands are getting into the digital innovation game – and not just the technology and electronics companies we’ve come to expect. It comes down to the new ways brands are participating in digital innovation, how they’re supporting it, and why is it imperative that they do so. This flash panel uses PepsiCo10, an “innovation...

Join us in the PepsiCo Playground for a few rounds while you play a few rounds of our Super Shopper game, courtesy of Evil Genius, at our Tweetup! Chat with influencers and friends over some free beers and kick off SXSW right!

Wisdom has it that the smart money is going social. To add impact to their communications programs, brands are moving dollars into socially-focused campaigns. But is it working? Have we reached a saturation point? Panelists will assess the impact inside and outside their organizations by this shift in priorities – and budget.

This panel is...

Attending SXSW Interactive this year? Stop by the PepsiCo Playground in the Austin Convention Center throughout Interactive for a chance to recharge your phone, quench your thirst, or grab a snack. Visitors will have a chance to sample some of the many brands that make up PepsiCo, including SoBe, Sun Chips, Sabra Hummus, Tropicana's new Trop...

Come celebrate, drink, and hopefully rack up some $1000 fines. Feel free to bring friends, this is a day of inclusiveness. Also, bringing whiskey is appreciated.

Episode 2

Guests:

Wine: Paul Grieco - Owner of Terroir Tribeca Wine Bar

Web: Jason Fried, Founder of 37signals