Want to see us at SXSW 2008? It’s up to you!
As we like to emphasize here at Bug Labs, community is the foundation of the BUG experience, and the term "community electronics" is part of our grand vision in creating a new standard for personal devices. It’s with you the developer, the hobbyist, the user for whom we rely on to use the BUG platform and create innovative devices and applications. And after receiving hundreds of requests to participate in the BUG+Beta program, we’re excited to see so many people interested in sharing in this experience.
That said, Peter has been selected as a potential speaker at the 2008 South By Southwest Interactive Festival (or SXSW, if you prefer) to wax poetic on "Hardware Mashups: Introducing the Long Tail of Gadgets." If you are unfamiliar with SXSW, it’s a collective of music, film, technology and interactive events spanning several days in March in Austin, Texas. For the tech crowd, it¹s a gathering of innovators and influencers, introducing new, exciting ideas and services via a series of interactive sessions. Sounds like a great fit for Bug Labs!
In an excellent "twist", the community-at-large is responsible for voting in speakers via the SXSW Interactive PanelPicker. So far, well over 700 panel ideas (wow) have been submitted, ranging from the philosophical (The Web That Wasn’t) to the technical (God (and Design) is in the Detail) to the… uh… hmm… other? (Pink Ghetto Blasters: Destigmatizing Sex via Online Community Building).
So we’re relying on you, the community, to help send Peter to Austin (don’t worry, we’ll pick up the tab for the airfare) and share his thoughts on community, electronics, and community electronics!
If you like what you’ve heard so far, head on over to PanelPicker, sign up and vote, and help spread the word. We look forward to seeing you in Austin, Texas (where we’ll pre-commit to a BUG+Austin)! Registration takes about 45 seconds, and voting ends this Friday September 21.
September 19th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
5 stars! Good luck guys!!