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 Originally from South Carolina, Leslie Silver earned her Journalism degree at Indiana University (Go Hoosiers!) and moved to the Big Apple right after school. After six years in the city she was ready for a change of lifestyle and weather and made the move to Austin. Leslie works in hospitality public relations and loves to take her experience of trying top-notch clients around the world and using those experiences to critique spas and restaurants all over central Texas. Leslie is a Huge dog lover, outdoorswoman, avid reader and has a healthy obsession with the show Parks and Recreation. Though living in Austin for less than a year, she’s already experience quite a lot and can’t wait to learn, explore and write about everything she discovers in the next year. |
 
I was really excited to hear Jane Pratt speak at her SXSW Interactive session Jane Pratt: Secrets of a Publishing Renegade. I’ve been a huge fan of Jane ever since Jane magazine and have followed her career and new publishing outlets since those days. She started by telling the audience that she is most [...] 
Iceland has been on my list of must visit places for years, and I know their economy has had some recent interesting turmoil so was really looking forward to learning more by attending Crash & Boon: Iceland, Women & Business Success. This session looked at where things are now for the country four and [...] 
I was planning on going to check out another comedy session, and then was so excited when I discovered that Fred Armisen from one of my favorite shows, Portlandia, was on the panel! Transitioning Alternative Comedy to TV was a perfect session for anyone that enjoys humor and good conversation (so hopefully everyone!). The [...] 
I was really looking forward to the session on Slap My Words Up: Language in the Digital World as I’m personally offended when someone sends me a text message with awful grammar. This session was designed to look at the lack of emphasis on grammar as people get more tech-savvy and social media friendly. [...] 
This was my favorite session I have attended so far at SXSW Interactive: Why Comedians Don’t Give if you are Offended. I loved that I took a chance and it had nothing to do with writing, PR, marketing, or anywhere even close to the field–probably why the session was so fascinating to me. The [...] 
The short panel on The Perks of Procrastination: Creating Connections was about Bryna Kranzler‘s activities when she was having trouble getting started on on a story. During a procrastination afternoon, and as she said writers are notorious procrastinators as we can always find more to do and research into the slippery slope, she started [...] 
On every single block are these fantastic build outs of big brand lounges all over downtown for SXSW Interactive. Conduit Corner at Congress and 7th is a convenient spot to grab a cold (free!) beer, charge your phone, try some international cuisine and check out some new video games. One of the ‘swag trends’ [...] 
The SXSW Session on Behind the Iron Curtain explored how the eastern half of the European continent was sealed off from the rest of the world behind the Iron Curtain. Then when Communism was banished in 1989 an entire new world opened up to the people- 20 years later some of the [...] 
The Art of Making Fun of Yourself at SXSW Interactive was about using humor in your social media life. What’s the best way to incorporate humor and how can brands, companies and individuals use it to their advantage? This session was presented by Ben Huh the CEO of Cheezburger. Huh said the goal of [...] 
This session, Changing Rules for Women and Sex on TV, aimed to look at how popular TV shows show sex on TV and how the rules are changing with new shows and of course with cable versus network. This session was moderated by Alyssa Rosenberg of ThinkProgress.org and the presenters included Noreen Malone of [...] |
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March 14th, 2013 
