http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/3941

Organizer:
Cameron Friedlander, Designkitchen
Description:
Success in the field of “creative technology” is characterized by the artful management of multiple factors -- including people, process, client-side requirements, and an ever-changing technology ecosystem. Let’s talk about how to take disciplines that were once in opposition and make them work together to deliver exceptional digital experiences.
Questions
Answered:

1. How should we define “creative technology”?
2. Is it a process? A mindset? A job title?
3. Within this emerging paradigm, what is left over from the traditional roles of “creative” and “technologist”?
4. Where were the traditional computer scientists? Where are they now?
5. What are brands looking for? What are agencies looking for?
6. How has the process / deliverable changed?
7. Who are the new players within the “creative technology”?
8. Are the best practitioners thinking creatively about technology? Vice versa? Or both?
9. Where are the successes? Where are the failures?
10. How is the industry changing?

Level:
Beginner
Category:
User Experience
Type:
Panel
Event:
Interactive 2010