No, this isn’t my annual South by Southwest (SXSW) wrap up post. Instead, this is a little shout out to my friends at Samsung, a company I’ve admired for a while now. I don’t have any formal relationship with them although they were kind enough to make me a VIP of the Blogger Lounge, one of my all time favorite places to hang out (and yes, that included a little high-end schwag).
Full disclosure aside, one of the things I love about this company is that they are doing something really smart with their sponsorship dollars at SXSW. Instead of just sponsoring a booth or putting up some giant signs, they worked with JESS3 to create something called the media wall. In the two videos below, I talk to Samsung social media manager, Esteban Contreras, about how they are curating — one of my favorite topics — the best of the best content [twitter, Flickr, SlideShare, check-ins, conference sessions, etc.] and posting it up on a giant wall.
Also good for all you SXSW goers who wish they had a way of collecting the best of what SXSWi had to offer, this feed should help.
In the first video clip, you’ll hear Esteban talk about the Samsung feed/video wall.
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In the second video clip, we’ll get to see the wall up close and see the beautiful screen of awesome in full effect.
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Thanks again to Samsung for helping make my SXSWi a better experience!
