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Gowalla, Cornify and Vark at SXSW 2010

At the SXSW 2010 Awards, Gowalla beat Foursquare in the mobile category. The reason might be Gowalla is using GPS data to confirm a person is actually at the stated place, whereas Foursquare does not.
Another most talked website is  Cornify which had the People’s Choice Award. It generates a button you put on your blog and [...]

Posted 15 April 2010 † Burcu Arikan § learned ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Youtube’s Partner Program Independent Musicians

Youtube launched a partner program at SXSW 2010 called Musicians Wanted. Musicians who are accepted by Youtube will be able to make money when their Youtube videos are embedded on external websites, including music blogs. They’ll also get to add tour dates and “buy” links for music, merchandise and receive advertising generated from pre-roll, text [...]

Posted 21 March 2010 † Burcu Arikan § learned ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

The South by Southwest Festival 2010

Only two days left to the end of this year’s SXSW Festival. One more time, I’m so jealous of people who attending to the festival. SXSW Interactive is getting more and more popular over the years, even can be named as new Cannes for the digital advertising geeks. Some of the top speakers; Danah Boyd, [...]

Posted 19 March 2010 † Burcu Arikan § learned ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Festival Time: South By Southwest 09

Now, it’s time to go to amazing South By Southwest Festival in Austin. It’s an annual music, film and digital industry event that takes place every spring in Austin, Texas. SXSW Interactive is an important part of the festival because of attracting digital entrepreneurs from all around the world by focusing on emerging technologies. For [...]

Posted 15 March 2009 † Burcu Arikan § observed ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Interactivity of Nike Human Race

Nike’s latest worldwide project “The Human Race 10 K” unites a million runners, amateur and professional alike, in 25 cities around the world. The goal of the race is get you to run, to contribute to a good cause. When you register for the Human Race you can choose one of 3 foundations. The UN [...]

Posted 05 September 2008 † Burcu Arikan § observed § review ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Why is Obama’s viral campaign succesful?

I should definitely write someting about Obama, especially after his gorgeous Berlin talk. Obama is not a president yet, just a presidential candidate, but his speech had the same effect with former famous Berlin speakers, Ronald Reagen and Kennedy. Thousands of fans watched him there.
Obama campaign has been one of the best organized and executed [...]

Posted 30 July 2008 † Burcu Arikan § observed ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

SXSW Interactive, Film and Music Festival

I can’t imagine my blog without an Austin tag.
South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) takes place in Austin every spring. It’s a set of film, music and interactive festival and one of the famous ones in the U.S. I couldn’t attend in 2008 because, the tickets of interactive section range from 250$ to 450$, which is [...]

Posted 30 July 2008 † Burcu Arikan § observed ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,