Sessions at SXSW Interactive 2012 about Devices and Mobile

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Saturday 10th March 2012

• The VJ in Your Pocket: Mobile YouTube API Apps for Content Creators, Curators and Consumers

  by Jarek Wilkiewicz, Hannah Eaves, Jereme Monteau, Oscar Moreno and JJ Aguhob

  One hour of video is uploaded to YouTube every second and four billion video views happen globally every day. A fast growing portion of YouTube uploads and consumption takes place on mobile devices. The intersection of these trends presents new opportunities for mobile application developers. Come and learn about how YouTube API is used to build engaging mobile apps for content creators, curators (VJs) and consumers. See innovative mobile application examples from early adopters.

  • API
  • Devices
  • Google
  • Mobile
  • VJ
  • YouTube

  At 12:00pm to 12:25pm, Saturday 10th March

  In Rainey St

Sunday 11th March 2012

• Pocket Film Studio: The iPhone Revolution

  by Caleb Deschanel, Matthew Dessner, Sean Safreed, Michael Koerbel and Serenity Caldwell

  Do you have an iPhone™, iPod Touch™ or iPad2™? Then there’s a film studio in your pocket! Apple iOS devices are powerful filmmaking tools that have dramatically leveled the playing field and now allow anyone with a story to tell access to robust shoot & edit technology that enables them to produce it. Our panel brings together filmmakers and technology experts to discuss the creative possibilities and personal & professional opportunities available because of this new digital filmmaking equipment and the community supporting it.

  • Devices
  • Film
  • Mobile
  • Technology

  At 11:00am to 12:00pm, Sunday 11th March

  In Salon K, Hilton Austin Downtown

  Coverage audio clip

Tuesday 13th March 2012

• Mobilizing Web Sites: Strategies for Implementation

  by Kristofer Layon

  “Mobile first” is the mantra on the lips of most mobile evangelists. The trouble is, the advice of many experts to start fresh with a new mobile design, optimize for performance, and try to accommodate all mobile devices both common and uncommon — this ends up being quite a daunting list. And it can frighten many web designers away from trying to embrace mobile design at all.

  But as with anything that is completely new, it is a lot easier to ease into it rather than jump directly into the deep end. Plus, if you’re like most web designers, you have existing web sites that could benefit from some mobile love, yet aren’t likely to be getting a completely new mobile-oriented redesign (either due to time or cost).

  Mobilizing web sites encourages web designers to optimize existing web sites for mobile presentation, and to do so incrementally starting with screen layout, navigation, typography, images, forms, and content. Doing this, while aiming for the most common mobile platforms first, gets you to most mobile devices in the least amount of time. Then, taking a product-managed approach, you can continue to progressively enhance your site to improve performance and broaden device support.

  Don’t set your expectations too high and think that getting into mobile web design requires perfection. Just get started! Then as you learn more and gain a better appreciation of mobile’s context and constraints, you can raise your expectations and fine-tune your focus.

  Mobilizing web sites: start optimizing your corner of the web for mobile presentation today.

  • Design
  • Devices
  • Mobile
  • Web

  At 3:30pm to 3:50pm, Tuesday 13th March

  In Ballroom G, Austin Convention Center

  Coverage audio clip