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SXSW Panel Picker: Voting For OneSpot Panels Still Open!

Monday, August 31st, 2009

by CK Thurber

There is still time to vote on our SXSW panels (also known as #sxsw).

Voting is super easy: start voting for and commenting on our panels!

Here is a reminder of the panels we submitted:

We are so excited to plan these panels and conversations. We hope you like them enough to vote and attend! Voting ends September 4th!

See you at SXSW 2010 and thanks for your support!

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OneSpot SXSW 2010 Panel Voting - RSS Is Dead! Viva La Twitter!

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

by CK Thurber

twitterrevolution

As voting for panels continue, we’ll focus on one of our panels every day. Today, it’s a content panel: RSS Is Dead! Viva La Twitter!

Panel Description

Twitter has dominated pop culture and the news this past year, becoming the platform for gossip and information alike. In an era where everyone gets their must-click links from “friends,” is RSS obsolete? And has Twitter become too fast for major media news (i.e. CNN v. Irani Election)?

Possible Panelists

  • CK Thurber – Dir. Social Media Marketing at OneSpot (5 twitter accounts)
  • Guy Kawasaki – Alltop
  • Senior Representative - NYTimes
  • Senior Representative – Hearst
  • Senior Representative – Twitter
  • Senior Representative – CNN (no guarantees CNN will not duke it out with Twitter!)
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    Questions this panel will answer

    1. What is the state of Twitter today?

    2. How has Twitter changed over the past year? Six months?

    3. What makes Twitter so special as a social media platform?

    4. What challenges has Twitter faced this past year?

    5. Why did some major media outlets embrace Twitter in early 2009? Was it the Ashton/Oprah factor?

    6. What (if any) will replace Twitter as the new news platform?

    7. Why has RSS failed to catch on? (Or has it failed?)

    8. What strategies are major media outlets working on to keep pace with Twitter?

    9. Will RSS survive as a Twitter tool or will users become sick of the RSS-push to Twitter?

    10. Can Twitter survive without major media intervention/investment?

    VOTE FOR THIS PANEL

    We are so excited to plan this panel and the other 6 we have submitted. We hope you like them enough to vote and attend! Voting ends September 4th!

    See you at SXSW 2010 and thanks for your support!

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