Ideas for a Smarter, Faster World

Saturday at sxswi 2010

Each day here, as always, is a remarkable experience. How could it not be when engaged in an open, passionate conversation with several thousand motivated participants. Certainly Mobile and to a somewhat lesser degree Social Media were hot topics. And ‘Viral’ may have won the ‘The buzz word that must be eliminated from the lexicon’ award this year.

Yet the heart and soul of the conversation, whether defined as audience, fan base or consumer, was how do we truly connect with our fellow man. From Danah Boyd’s Keynote address on Privacy and Publicity - Using the privacy debacle of Google Buzz as an example of Who We Are being so much more powerful than any technology that doesn’t understand us. To the Online Art of Ze Frank and his ability to create amazing emotional connections that demonstrated to me the power of those same technologies to enhance our live’s in fundamental ways. Inspired and energized by yesterday’s conversation I can’t wait to see what today brings.

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