Adobe Day Stage Café

Location

Austin Convention Center, Upper Level, Ballroom G
(West of the main entrance to the Trade Show & Exhibition)

The Adobe Day Stage Café hosts SXSW Clicks meetups and book readings. Registrants also seize the opportunity to kick back with acquaintances in one of the conversation areas, enjoy food from the food court, grab a coffee or adult beverage, or bring their notebook computer and enjoy the free wireless Internet access.

Hours

Friday, March 7 (9:00 am to 6:00 pm)
Saturday, March 8 (8:00 am to 6:00 pm)
Sunday, March 9 (8:30 am to 6:00 pm)
Monday, March 10 (8:30 am to 6:00 pm)
Tuesday, March 11 (9:00 am to 6:00 pm)

2008 SCHEDULE

*Schedule is subject to change. Please check back for updates.

Friday, March 7
Book Readings
2:30 Dustin Diaz Pro JavaScript Design Patters
3:00 Jason Beaird Principles of Beautiful Web Design
3:30 Aaron Walter Building Findable Websites
4:30 Andy Beal Radically Transparent
5:00 Robert Hoekman Designing the Moment
5:30-6:00 SXSW Clicks – Film Production Stop by to mingle with fellow film producers. Food and drink provided by Scenechronize.

Saturday, March 8
Book Readings
10:00 Loveday & Niehaus Web Design for ROI
10:30 Charles Wyke-Smith Stylin with CSS, 2nd Edition
11:00 Steve Souders High Performance Web Sites
11:30 Joelle Reader and Katherine Scoleri IT Girls Guide to Blogging
12:00 Brian Reich Media Rules
12:30 Ben Rigby Mobilizing Generation 2.0
1:00 Michael Yuan Nokia Smartphone Hacks
1:30 Dan Roam The Back of the Napkin
3:00 Denise Shiffman The Age of Engage
3:30 Rob Walker Buying In: The Secret Dialogue
4:00 Wagner James Au The Making of Second Life
4:30 Tim Guest Second Lives: A Journey Through Virtual Worlds
5:00 Mark Wallace The Second Life Herald
5:30 Daniel Terdiman Entrepreneurs Guide to Second Life

Sunday, March 9
10:30-11:30 SXSW Clicks – Brunch with EllisLab Join the EllisLab team (makers of ExpressionEngine and CodeIgniter) for an informal morning meet-up and complimentary food and drink.
1:30-2:00 Showbiz Budgeting & Actualization and Scheduling Budgeting & Actualization for Commercials, Music Videos, Feature Films, TV, Corporate Video, Post Production and Still Photography
2:00-3:00 Interactive Keynote Cast: Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Facebook
Book Readings
3:00 Thom Singer Some Assembly Required
3:30 Penelope Trunk Brazen Careerist
4:30-5:30 SXSW Clicks – Web Designers Hosted by Adobe, this is a meetup for web designers and anyone wanting to meet the web designers at SXSW Interactive. Free food and drinks provided.

Monday, March 10
11:00-11:30 Larry Smith Not Quite What I Was Planning
12:30-1:30 The Weblog Awards Ceremony
1:30-2:00 "Payroll Needs for the Independent Producer" - Presentation by Media Services on payroll issues
2:00-3:00 Interactive Keynote Cast: Frank Warren, Founder and curator of the PostSecret Project
Book Readings
3:00 Gina Trapani Upgrade Your Life: The Lifehacker Guide
3:30 Dan Goldman Shooting War
4:30-5:30 SXSW Clicks - Interactive Designers Calling all the interactive designers in the house. Come meet up with like-minded folks at this reception hosted by Adobe. Tasty snacks and beer provided!
5:30-6:00 SXSW Clicks – Film Production Stop by to mingle with fellow film producers. Food and drink provided by Scenechronize.

Tuesday, March 11
Book Readings
10:00 Susannnah Gardner Blogging for Dummies
10:30 Lisa Sabin-Wilson WordPress for Dummies
11:00 Patrick O'Keefe Managing Online Forums
11:30 Thomas Myer Lead Generation on the Web
12:00 Spencer Ante Creative Capital: Georges Doriot and the Birth
12:30 Damon Williams Pro PayPal E-Commerce (Expert's Voice)
1:00 Dr. Nita Rollins The Open Brand: When Push Comes to Pull in a Web-Made World
2:00-3:00 Interactive Keynote Cast: Jane McGonigal, Game designer and researcher
4:30-5:30 SXSW Clicks – Online Video Do you make online videos? Are you interested in online video production? If so, stop by this meetup for food, drink and great conversation. Hosted by Adobe.