Just a friendly reminder that starting Friday, March 8, we'll be live-streaming many many amazing Interactive Keynotes, featured speakers, Dave Grohl's Music Keynote Address and plenty of showcases for your enjoyment via the internets. Keep up with all the streaming goodies at sxsw.com/live.

In the meantime, you can have a look-see at our Video Channel as it's just chock full of fine offerings like this musical interlude by showcasing artist Galaxy Express. #asianpower

SXSW Cares! by Hugh MacLeod

SXSW Interactive serves as a big tent with lots of different kinds of people, lots of different kinds of ideas, as well as lots of different kinds of agendas. We feel that this, as they say, is a feature of the event, and not a flaw. Generosity and compassion for the less fortunate are two core values that unify all the participants in the metaphorical SXSW tent. This spirit of generosity and compassion fuels the annual Dewey Winburne Community Service Awards. It also helped the SXSW community raise more than $125,000 to help the Red Cross with tsunami relief in March 2011 via the amazing SXSW4Japan effort.

SXSW Interactive is again encouraging attendees to support one of two 501c3s during the first two weeks of March. The two 501c3s we are aligned with for 2013 are as follows:

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The Digital Creative Job Market, open tomorrow and Friday, is an exhibition where talented professionals can match their skill with 21st century, cutting-edge employers.

Come network and learn at the Digital Creative Job Market happening on March 7th-8th from 10am-6pm in Exhibit Hall 2 of the Palmer Events Center. This event is free and open to the public!

Attending SXSW sessions back-to-back and touring Austin nightlife each evening can leave little time to hit the gym. That’s why SXSW has partnered with Brooks Running Company to host morning group runs. Yes, there is enough time at SXSW to learn, party and stay fit!

Image courtesy of GroupmMeIf you've used it before, you already know that GroupMe is a great way to stay in touch with your SXSW crew on the ground in Austin. Just download the app, choose your friends and you'll all be chatting together instantly — they don't even need to have smartphones.

For 2013, SXSW Interactive is partnering with Mass Relevance to provide an innovative digital platform for the Q&A sessions during the Keynote and Featured sessions taking place in Exhibit Hall 5 of the Austin Convention Center. This platform will curate the social content in real time for redisplay on the screens during the Q&A. The interface will source questions from the audience prior to and during each session using a distinct hashtag.

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Vice is barreling into Austin for SXSW 2013! Their compound, aptly named VICELAND will be an official lounge during SXSW Interactive, with live music every night, and will turn into an official showcasing venue during SXSW Music. Head on down to VICELAND for WiFi, food and drink, meetings, debauchery, quiet time, and some unexpected twists. In Vice's own words: "It's going to melt your face and then your laptop, and anyone else's face or laptop within your vicinity."

VICELAND will be located at 401 East Cesar Chavez. Check out www.vice.com/sxsw and the SXSW schedules for a full list of programming.

I listen to Rory Scovel a fair amount vis a vis Doug Loves Movies, and I'm psyched he'll be here for the most excellent SXSW Comedy programming, which I've watched grow from having pretty much my own private Marc Maron show (which was f'ing amazes) into this THING that is big and groovy thanks to Charlie Sotelo who books this stuff like nobody's business.

SXSW Interactive closing party posterMedia Temple, longtime SXSW Interactive Closing Party sponsor, knows how to throw an epic party. In addition to The Joy Formidable and Local Natives, we are thrilled to now reveal that electronic music visionaries’ deadmau5 and Richie Hawtin will be joining the phenomenal lineup for a one time performance together of stripped-back techno.

Remember, the Interactive Closing Party kicks off at 9:00pm at Stubb's on Tuesday, March 12, and is open to Interactive, Gold and Platinum badgeholders.