WIP and Friends at SXSW—Vote For Us Now!
While the SXSW Interactive Festival isn't until March, the process of picking panels and speakers has already begun! SXSW relies on attendees and others to help determine the content they feature, and WIP and several of its pals have submitted panel ideas and need your help! It's simple -- all you have to do is follow the links below and give a thumbs up to the panel ideas you like, and add a comment in support if you're so inclined.
First up is a panel I (Carlo) submitted, titled User Experience and Cross-Platform App Development. It's going to take a look at developing for different device types and form factors, such as phones, tablets, netbooks, TVs and other connected devices. I've got several great panelists lined up to cover this important and interesting topic.
Ben Jacobsen from Mobspot submitted Driving App Discovery In An Overcrowded Marketplace, which will delve into the pressing developer issue of making sure people can find your app. As an added bonus, he asked me to moderate 
Our good friend Volker Hirsch from Scoreloop is looking into the social mobile gaming space, with Mobile Social Gaming: The Next Frontier.
GetJar is looking to settle an age-old debate that's still relevant: Apps vs. Mobile Web: Which to reach consumers?
Our friends at Little Springs Design are looking to keep themselves busy during SXSW, and have submitted three ideas:
- Not Just Rectangles: Mobile UX Beyond Pretty Pictures
- Interactive Patterns in the Mobile Space
- Ubiquitous and Mobile Computing Experiences
Also check out entries from folks at Vodafone and Symbian, as well as Crowdscanner on Hacking Socialization: Designing Technology for Real Social Environments, and Vikki Chowney's Twitter Killed Christmas & Other Social Media Myths Dispelled.
See you here in Austin in March!