SXSW Day Five

Cloud Computing Defending the Undefinable

Speaker/Artist(s) Info: Kevin Gibbs (Tech Lead & Mgr Google App Engine, Google App Engine), Yousef Khalidi (Distinguished Engineer, Microsoft), Werner Vogels (CTO, Amazon.com)

See: Green Grid

Keynote: Chris Anderson and Guy Kawasaki

The power of free vs. venture capital

Speaker/Artist(s) Info: Chris Anderson (Wired Magazine, Author of FREE, @chr1sa), Guy Kawasaki (CEO of Alltop, @guykawasaki)

Freemium (economics) vs. advertising

Chris coined the phrase long tail.

If you suck users will leave you and lower your reputation which is more costly than their lost revenue.
(follow Chris before July 26 to get a free PDF copy of his book “Free”)