Congratulations, you’ve survived one third of the South by Southwest gantlet. As you prepare to dive headfirst into Music’s mayhem, pause for a moment to appreciate the winners of the SXSW 2014 Interactive Awards and Accelerator Awards.
Interactive Awards
ACTIVISM
Winner: The Missing Person Pre-Roll
AMUSEMENT
Winner: RESIZE THAT SHIT
ART
Winner: Pulse of the City
BUSINESS
Winner: Work4Rich
CLASSIC
Winner: deviantART
COMMUNITY
Winner: Quietest Show on Earth
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE
Winner: Make Your Money Matter
EXPERIMENTAL
Winner: Where is Danny Torrance?
FILM/TV
Winner: An Idea Lives On
MOTION GRAPHICS
Winner: The Greatest Action Movie Ever
MUSIC
Winner: Just A Reflektor
PERSONAL
Winner: Pavlov Poke
SOCIAL MEDIA
Winner: The Little Red Logo that Transformed the Marriage Equality Narrative
STUDENT
Winner: Heart of the High Country
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Winner: Remote Control Tourist
PEOPLE’S CHOICE
Winner: deviantART
BREAKOUT DIGITAL TREND
Winner: Online Privacy and Security, presented to the ACLU
SPEAKER OF THE EVENT
Winner: Neil deGrasse Tyson, “A Conversation with Neil deGrasse Tyson“
DIGITAL CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
Winner: The Little Red Logo that Transformed the Marriage Equality Narrative
BEST OF SHOW
Winner: The Little Red Logo that Transformed the Marriage Equality Narrative
Accelerator Awards
ENTERPRISE AND BIG DATA
Trustev
ENTERTAINMENT AND CONTENT
Waygo
HEALTH
ThriveOn
INNOVATIVE WORLD
Synbiota
SOCIAL
Samba.me
WEARABLE
Skully Helmets
BEST BOOTSTRAPPED COMPANY
Sensible Baby
MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANY
The Eye Tribe
ONE-MINUTE PITCH WINNER
Avegant
For our complete coverage of SXSW Interactive, visit austinchronicle.com/sxsw/interactive.
This article appears in March 7 • 2014.