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SUMMARY:Fediverse House @ SXSW
DESCRIPTION:Note: SXSW ticket purchases are not required for this event. \n\n\n\nFlipboard and Surf are excited to host the first-ever Fediverse House at SXSW. Join us to learn about the brave new world of decentralized social media and why it promises a better way for consumers\, creators\, brands\, and even democracy itself. \n\n\n\nLocated just three blocks from the Austin Convention Center\, at the Speakeasy (412 Congress Ave.)\, the Fediverse House creates a space for strategic conversations\, networking opportunities\, and refreshments throughout the day. You’ll hear from visionaries\, builders\, and open-source advocates from places like Bluesky\, Threads\, the Social Web Foundation\, and 404 Media. \n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\nSunday\, March 9\n\n\n\nAccelerating Innovation Across the Open Social Web (Part 1) / RSVP \n\n\n\n\n9am: Fediverse House at SXSW is open! Stop by for coffee and a morning of inspirational talks on the future of social and the internet.\n\n\n\n9:30am: Welcome from Mike McCue\, CEO and Co-Founder\, Flipboard\n\n\n\n9:45am: “A Better Web Is Possible” with Molly White\, Researcher\, Software Engineer and Writer\n\n\n\n10am – 11am: David Imel’s “Fediverse Corner” with Mike Masnick\, Board of Directors\, Bluesky; Evan Prodromou\, Co-author ActivityPub and Research Director\, Social Web Foundation; and Peter Cottle\, Software Engineer\, Threads\n\n\n\n11:30am – 1:30pm: Networking session and light lunch\, presented by the Social Web Foundation \n\n\n\n2pm – 3pm: Developer meetup and book signing with ActivityPub Co-author Evan Prodromou / RSVP\n\n\n\n\nAccelerating Innovation Across the Open Social Web (Part 2) / RSVP \n\n\n\n\n4pm – 4:45pm: TBA\n\n\n\n5pm – 5:45pm: Fireside chat with Bluesky CTO Paul Frazee and Mike McCue \n\n\n\n6pm – 7pm: “Dot Social Live” with David Imel\, co-host of Waveform podcast\, and Mike McCue\n\n\n\n\nThe Open Social Social / RSVP \n\n\n\n\n7pm – 10pm: Evening party — refreshments and tunes with your new fedi friends \n\n\n\n\nMonday\, March 10 \n\n\n\nThe New Playbook / RSVP \n\n\n\n\n9am – 9:45am: “From Walled Gardens to the Open Social Web: The Next Evolution of Brand Storytelling” with Gina Michnowicz\, CEO and CCO at The Craftsman Agency\n\n\n\n10am – 10:45am: “Creators and the Fediverse\,” with Peter Cottle\, Software Engineer\, Threads\, and TBA\, moderated by Shira Lazar\, Creator and Founder of What’s Trending\n\n\n\n11am – 11:45am: “Building Communities\,” with Rose Wang\, COO\, Bluesky\, and Andy Piper\, Developer Relations Lead\, Mastodon\, moderated by Mia Quagliarello\, Head of Creator Community\, Flipboard\n\n\n\n12:30pm – 2pm: Networking lunch and demo of Surf*\, a new kind of browser unifying the social web\, with Mike McCue\n\n\n\n\nPublishers in the Fediverse / RSVP \n\n\n\n\n3pm: Fireside chat with Cory Doctorow\, Journalist and Sci-Fi Author\, and Mike McCue \n\n\n\n4pm – 4:45pm: “Publishers: Audience and Autonomy” with 404 Media’s Jason Koebler\, Texas Observer’s Kit O’Connell\, and TBA\n\n\n\n\n404 Media Takeover and Evening Party  / RSVP \n\n\n\n\n5pm – 5:45pm: “Generative AI Is Eating the Internet”: 404 Media’s Sam Cole and Jason Koebler and Blood in the Machine’s Brian Merchant discuss how AI slop is taking over the internet\, and how humans can fight back.\n\n\n\n6pm – 6:45 pm: “Indie Media Happy Hour and Q&A”: A free-flowing discussion about how to set up and run an independent media outlet featuring 404 Media and friends \n\n\n\n7pm – 10pm: Evening party hosted by your friends at 404 Media\n\n\n\n\nTo get access before SXSW\, go here and use SURFSXSW as the referral code.
URL:https://wedistribute.org/event/fediverse-house-sxsw/
LOCATION:Speakeasy\, 412 Congress Ave. D\, Austin\, Texas\, 78701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meetups
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SUMMARY:Bluesky SXSW Austin Meetup
DESCRIPTION:​(Note: This event is simply being mirrored from another source. We Distribute is simply promoting this event on our calendar for interested parties) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a bsky community meetup in Austin during SXSW! No SXSW badge required – please RSVP with your bluesky handle. Let’s be honest\, this is really just a homecoming reunion party with @pfrazee.
URL:https://wedistribute.org/event/bsky-sxsw-meetup/
LOCATION:Mort Subite Belgian Beer Bar\, 308 Congress Ave\, Austin\, Texas\, 78701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meetups
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