Opera at SXSW 2008

Posts tagged with "mobile"

SXSW Panel: How Many Clicks to the Center of. . .?

By John Jones. Tuesday, 11. March 2008, 15:59:26

2008, search, sxsw, mobile ...

Not surprisingly, this panel began with a screening of this video:

The panel's topic was how information discovery on mobile devices is changing to accommodate not only text search but also contextual search.

SXSW Core Conversation: Mobile Manners: Mobile Presence and the Undefined Etiquette

By John Jones. Monday, 10. March 2008, 00:00:23

2008, ethics, mobile, sxsw

My last panel of the day was a roundtable discussion on mobile phone etiquette. The discussion was led by Jared Benson, the Creative Director of Punchcut. While nobody said anything particularly unique—mobile phone users can be rude, but how do we even define what is rude when mobile behaviors are changing so quickly?—the conversation was a nice, low-key way to end the day. The topics ranged from how to react to anti-phone Baristas to whether or not it okay to answer a call in the restroom.