Stuff To Watch At #SXSW For Free, From Your Laptop

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Stuff To Watch At #SXSW For Free, From Your Laptop

by Emma Gannon |
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In case you’ve been napping under a rock or have been avoiding Twitter, #SXSW is currently full steam ahead in Austin, Texas which coincides perfectly with the launch of new app Meerkat, a Twitter-centric live video broadcasting platform, which has been live for a fortnight. Which means that from the safety of your own laptop via Twitter, you can watch some of the talks and panels without spending £39239233 (approx value).

So make sure you follow the #SXSW hashtag and click on the Meerkat links – and hey presto – someone at the talk will steam it via Twitter for you. Don't know where to start? We've picked our favourite bits from today's talk:

**Behind The GIF: The Future of Online Visual Culture **

Time to watch on Twitter: 14.30-15.30

Reason to watch: Because we want to know the best ways to flirt via GIF, and the best times to send them to up our chances. Also: how to woo our boss through the visual medium of a GIF.

72 Ways Food Can Change the World

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Time to watch on Twitter: 16.00-17.00

Reasons to watch: Read: 72 was food can change MY LIFE. Bring us the food. All the food. Pictures of food.

**Bitcoin at SXSW 2015: What Is Bitcoin? **

Time to watch on Twitter: 14.30-15.30

Reasons to watch: Because WTF IS BITCOIN?

Fashion with A Conscience: Giving Back with Style

Time to watch on Twitter: 14.30-15.30

Reasons to watch: So that we can embrace our inner Vivienne Westwood and not feel so shit about how much tat we buy from Primark and learn how to recycle and be better humans.

**Identity Crisis: You're Not Who You Think You Are **

Time to watch on Twitter: 14.30-15.30

Reasons to watch: Ever wondered if your online self totally matches up with your IRL self?

Jimmy Kimmel Live

 

Time to watch on Twitter: 18.00-21.30

Reasons to watch: COME ON IT'S JIMMY KIMMEL.

A Conversation with Amy Schumer

Time to watch on Twitter (18.30-21.30)

Reasons to watch: Because Amy Schumer is a hilarious fiesty, feminist DREAMBOAT! If you've got a few minutes to kill, here's her interviewing people on the street about sexting.

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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.

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