20:33
Mason Dixon, MGFest, Future in Motion, A History of Tomorrow's Interfaces
Bio: A dropout from University of Texas's Advanced Communications Theory Laboratory, Mason Dixon, then Sfear Bebopanaut, went to work for a small internet start-up, iChat, designing the first version of Yahoo's chat community. After iChat's IPO, Sfear organized a team of hackers to detect vulnerabilities in electronic voting systems before the 2000 presidential election. After 9/11, Sfear changed his name to Mason Dixon and moved to Chicago, where he now resides as an instructor of Motion Graphics at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Mason's professional career includes clients such as Apple, Adobe, IBM, Dell, Nokia, Motorola, Sony, Universal Studios, Disney, the Army War College and the Navy Interactive Courseware Department. He has also designed public sculptures and video performances for the Museum of Contemporary Art, SIGGRAPH, South By Southwest, Lollapalooza, Boston Center for the Arts, Cambridge University UK, US Botanical Gardens in DC and the Burning Man freedom festival. Mason DixonÃÂÃÂs work has investigated the specific subjects of: the moving image as a performance medium; aesthetics and warfare; identity hacking; and public art. In the last 2 years he has produced over 70 exhibitions in 10 US cities and has shown with artists such Mia Liu, Carl Cox, Shepard Fairy, String Cheese Incident, American Analog Set and DJ Spooky.
Eric Olson is Draper Fisher Jurvetson Portage Venture Partners' first Associate. His responsibilities include sourcing deals and working on due diligence. Prior to DFJ Portage Olson worked in Partner Development at Google and in Business Development for DFJ Portage backed startup FeedBurner which was acquired by Google in June 2007.
15:15
Chris Bernard, Microsoft; David Wolf, Cynergy, The past, present and future of media
Join Chris and David for a journey into the past, present and future of media. Starting with the (recent) past and one of the biggest milestones in digital media. The streaming of over 3200 hours of live and on demand content of the 2008 Olympics in the US via NBC. Weâll then take a look in the present and see how advances in digital imaging are going to have a profound influence on the social and community-driven experiences that are driving current revolutions on the Web. Finally, weâll look at the convergence of technology through âben': A prototype for Democracy in the 21st Century" that demonstrates what the future of media could look like when social-networking platforms, services and media converge.
17:23
Jane Hirt, Chicago Tribune, What do Millennials want in their news?
What do Millennials want in their news media anyway? And how has RedEye been able to turn a dead-tree medium into such a dramatic success with Chicago's electronic, mobile generation? Tribune managing editor Jane Hirt, formerly the founding editor of RedEye, reveals editorial lessons learned and the challenges that lie ahead.
"The hallmark of any great brand is authenticity -- just ask Harley-Davidson, Coke or Apple, especially when all of these brands lost their way and learned from it. Same thing applies to Brand You. In every tweak of a template, upload and keystroke, you have an opportunity to be authentic or disingenuous. Know what makes you special and unique, and tap into those qualities as you build your personal brand online. Most people can spot a fake when they see one, so remember that being genuine is more important that presenting yourself in an artificially glossy manner. It used to be important for bloggers to "find their voice" -- now it's relevant to all of us."
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