Help Big Spaceship Land At SXSWi 2009!

Last Friday, the infamous SXSW Panel Picker opened its doors to the public, with a list of over 1,000 proposed panels for the 2009 South By Southwest Interactive Festival.

If you’ve never been to SXSW, it’s a fascinating — and rapidly evolving — four day marathon in Austin, TX, that brings together pop culture aficionados, marketers, programmers, content creators, entertainment professionals, advertisers, and a wide range of other new media types for panels, workshops, informal lunches, hallway discussions, countless open-bars, all night parties and soirees, and launch events for geek-chic brands, products, services and startups.

That sounds like a marketing plug, I guess, but it’s not intended as one — it’s just a lot of fun, and a great place to meet interesting and motivated people.

This, on the other hand, is a conscious plug: now that voting for the 2009 panel lineup has commenced, Big Spaceship needs your help! Among the 1000+ panel submissions, you’ll find a handful featuring BSS crew members discussing everything from our unorthodox creative and development processes, to the future of Alternate Reality Games and transmedia narratives.

So if you’ve got 15 seconds to spare, please swing over to the SXSW Panel Picker and cast your vote for the following panels, featuring talent from Big Spaceship:

Big Spaceship: Digital Creative Agency
Gain insight into the approach and process the team at Big Spaceship uses to create innovative and award-winning digital programs for entertainment and consumer brands. Among other things, we’ll talk about our strategy and brainstorming process, cross-disciplinary collaboration, tools and techniques, while giving behind the scenes looks into our culture and using examples of recent work. 
Vote Here

FPO: The Beast Behind the Beauty
Learn how integrating developers into the early stages of a project not only fosters mutual respect, but also improves your ability to meet tight deadlines. We will share real examples of FPO frameworks, motion tests, tools for designers, failures, successes, and even dreaded timeline tweens.
Vote Here

Alternate Reality Gaming: Behind the Curtain
What really goes on behind the scenes of an ARG? Get a glimpse backstage, as a diverse group of veteran puppet masters and experience architects share insights on how to build, deploy and navigate an ARG through an unpredictable sea of players… and how to prepare for the unexpected. 
Vote Here

And if you have questions or suggestions of what you’d like to see us cover, we want to hear them! Just leave a comment here or on the individual panel pages, and we’ll be sure to respond.

See you in Austin!

August 11th, 2008  by Ivan / 0 Comments / Trackback