CNN's chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and his brother, Sunil, opened the day's sessions talking about the Kahani Movement, a project designed to build a community to tell the stories of the South Asian immigrants that came to the United States in the 1960s and 1970s. "Kahani" means "story" in Hindi and the Guptas said the goal is to help capture untold stories from first-generation South Asians in the U.S. and provide those stories with a platform to be heard. more ›

Online innovators Clay Shirky and Deborah Schultz wanted to help jump-start their old-media book-publishing brethern with fresh ideas for their industry in the "New Think for Old Publishers" panel at South by Southwest Interactive. more ›

• Alex Bogusky, the co-chairman of innovative advertising firm Crispin Porter + Bogusky, is expected to get the first day of SXSW Interactive off to an inspiring start as he talks about B-cycle, a plan to bring bike sharing to America. On Friday, March 13, Bogusky presents "Plan B: Can an Ad Guy Bring Bike Sharing to America?" to talk about the plan and how small changes can make a big impact on local communities and our future.
• More than 80 companies or projects made the finalist list for the SXSW Web Awards, in 18 categories including Activism, CSS, and Technical Achievement. The team at ReadWriteWeb took the time to review all the finalists and give a brief roundup of each one. Also, remember that you can vote for your favorite to win the People's Choice award in each category.
• A leading voice on technology, business and society, Clay Shirky is one of the featured speakers scheduled for SXSW. Here Clay sits down for an interview after his keynote at the FASTForward '09 conference last week in Las Vegas to talk about low-cost coordination and group action and the role of low-cost experimentation in finding new business models.