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
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.