After the event, we are exhausted and invigorated. It’s hard to imagine being both at the same time, but it happens. While students are tired from the constant coverage and exposure to new ideas, they emerge invigorated to explore new topics and directions. For the project, there is a little recovery time. The final two […]
There’s a lot of preparation that goes into covering SXSW. We don’t just show up and attend panels. Since the event is so large, we spend a lot of time doing previews in advance. This allows students to begin coverage, to start thinking about their schedule and to meet participants. It gets them into the […]
When I applied for the AEJMC/Knight Grant, I built a hackathon into the proposal. I knew we were going to need some focused time, beyond a short class period, to work with the platform and to implement our desired functionality. I’ve been to a few hackathons, and I know that the quality of the experience […]
We’re making excellent progress on our SXSW project. The design of the site sxtxstate.com is really coming along, and we have implemented some new responsive features – a completely different, more useful layout for mobile devices. I like the new logo and theme that Emily Lyons worked on for us. This new design is definitely […]
We held our first Hangout on 1/17 with only a few technical difficulties. This should be an effective way to communicate virtually throughout the semester. We have several aggressive goals for this semester: Content for SXTXState – before and during event SXTXState.com site redesign Ushahidi mobile app to report and map our participation and others […]
This semester, I have the pleasure of working with our graduate students on two advanced classes. I am using this semester to push forward our curriculum both in the areas of data visualization and mobile development. On this site, you will see the course materials as they develop for the SXTXState project. This is the […]