robin bechtel
Internet Pioneer since 1990. Matchmaker of Silicon Valley and Hollywood

Come get some poolside food and drinks (including Veev cocktails) at the Klout #Krib for SxSW. The UserVoice Challenge Cab will be shuttling as many people to the event as possible for free – AND giving out nifty prizes. If you can’t get in the challenge cab, we’ll also have a limo for additional transport.

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South by Southwest (SXSW) is a combination of film, interactive and music festivals & conferences that take place every March in Austin, Texas.

Ashvin Kumar, co-founder & CEO of Blippy, will discuss the changing social norms of privacy. From privately sharing photos to publicly sharing credit card statements, he will examine how the internet has changed our notions of privacy and our willingness to share personal information.

Come join Digg & Revision3 for an evening of revelry, music & mayhem at world famous Stubbs BBQ. We're featuring a live Diggnation, great music from The Walkmen, and we've got a few more tricks up our sleeve - including some by Scam School host Brian Brushwood and more - but you'll have to show up to see. As always, this is a...

This will follow-on from the "Browser Wars" panels of the past few years. I propose to this year focus on an important shift happening in the Web: a shift towards mobility and towards use of the browser as an application platform, including advances such as widgets, HTML5 and Geolocation.

The emergence of the real-time web enables an unprecedented level of user engagement and dynamic content online. However, the rapidly growing audience puts new, complex demands on the architecture of the web as we know it. This panel will discuss what is needed to make the real-time web achievable.

From Facebooks newsfeed to Twitters relentless real-time updates, the metaphor of the "stream" has taken social networking beyond blog posts and on to rich social activities. Learn about ActivityStrea.ms - the open format adopted by Facebook, MySpace, and Windows Live - and how its fundamentally changing the social web.

{RV}IP was born out of a desire to celebrate independent film, music, and technology through the combined forces of karaoke, carpooling, and spontaneous rockage. Ning is the social platform for interests and passions — including karaoke, carpooling, and sponaneous rockage.

Join us at SXSW Interactive for karaoke, mayhem, cocktails,...

Ustream and SXSW invite you to stream your way to an exclusive one night only sensory experience featuring a live performance by one of the world's most renowned recording artists and additional special guests. Party is limited to the first 500 badgeholders to arrive. RSVP here and be sure to tell your friends!

As more devices become location aware, social uses will continue to evolve beyond just who and what, to WHEN. Adding the temporal dimension creates new opportunities for social interaction. Learn about ways to leverage and use technology to add features at the intersection of temporal, social, and location.

Engage is the new book by Brian Solis and it will officially debut on stage at SXSW.

2010 is widely regarded as the year businesses shift from experimenting with social media to strategically designing and measuring campaigns that contribute to brand resonance, positive sentiment, advocacy, and most importantly, the bottom line.

While many...

The term user experience used to be an afterthought in mobile application design. The iPhone changed all that and has set a new benchmark for user experience on mobile devices. This panel will serve as a primer for anyone interested in learning how to apply UX principles to the creation of...