Today's the last day to vote for SxSW panels!!! Freak out on it! You too can help set an agenda for conversations you will likely not attend. Let's game this system. NO WAIT, LET'S GAMIFY THIS SYSTEM!
"Are brands social listening or just social hearing?" "What happens to Nyan cat after we stop looking?" "Does being a designer suck?" These and 3000 other questions await you. If you won't answer them, WHO WILL?
If you're in New York tonight, head over to the New Museum for a panel on the legacy of the '90s featuring Michael Azerrad, Mark Greif, A.S. Hamrah, Marisa Meltzer, Aaron Lake Smith, and Awl columnist Emily Gould.
Today's panel at NYU, "The Future of Media: 2011"—did you somehow miss it?—wasn't about the Times versus the big aggregating websites, or how the newspaper is dying—that's old news. The panel was more like a celebration of a year of successes and acquisitions. Everyone expressed that they were very happy. And actually, each participant was someone who was involved in a (at least mostly) successful, or at least intriguing, part of the world of publishing words.
Today and tomorrow, for $699, you can attend panels at the Magazine Innovation Summit that include this one:
"The Decline and Rise of Magazine Journalism How serious are the cultural challenges to the role and authority of magazine editors? Do readers prize the values and practices of journalism? What do the implications of citizen journalism mean for the business of magazines and the career path of journalists? Moderated by Jacob Weisberg, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, The Slate Group. Panelists include Nick Denton, Gawker Media; Simon Dumenco, 'Media Guy' Columnist, Advertising Age and Susan Morrison, Articles Editor, The New Yorker."
