Joe Flood

In my earlier post on Election 2008 and citizen expectations, I speculated that candidates, once they were elected, would continue to use web 2.0 tools to communicate with their supporters.
The Brits are one step ahead of us. Number 10 Downing Street, home to Prime Minister Gordon Brown, has its own Twitter feed. Even [...]

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Here are some more notes from SXSW Interactive.
I attended a session called, “10 Tips for Managing a Creative Environment.”  Bryan Mason and Sarah Nelson of Adaptive Path interviewed stage managers and conductors on how you keep a group creative and productive.  I think both roles are very similar to what web producers and site managers [...]

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I just learned that my screenplay Eurabia is a Quarterfinalist in the American Screenwriters Association (ASA) 11th Annual International Screenplay Competition. This script, which I wrote last year, also made it to the second round of the Austin Film Festival screenplay competition.
For the ASA competition, 130 Quarterfinalists were selected from the 1,400 screenplays submitted. [...]

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One of the more interesting panels I attended at SXSW Interactive was “Friend Me! Vote for Me! Donate Now!”  It was about how the presidential candidates are using tools like MySpace, Facebook and YouTube to mobilize and communicate with their supporters.  The panel (including my old friend Colin Delany from e.politics) talked about what worked [...]

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Without a doubt, the best session I attended at SXSW Interactive was, “Stuff We’ve Learned at 37signals.”
It was a talk presented by Jason Fried of 37signals.
I’m a fan of 37signals, as are a lot of web people - Jason’s session was held in the biggest ballroom available at the Austin Convention Center. 37 [...]

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Trying to see the future of digital media.
I recently attended SXSW Interactive, a conference on new media in Austin, TX, from March 7-12. Attracting digital creatives as well as visionary technology entrepreneurs, the event celebrates the best minds and the brightest personalities of emerging technology.
Taking place on three floors of the Austin convention [...]

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