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As of September 2, Panel Picker voting is closed. You can, however, still leave comments on the proposals you find interesting. We will announce the first set of accepted panels on Thursday, October 2. Stay tuned to the SXSW Interactive Festival website for these announcements, or e-mail us if you have questions.

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1 2 3 4 5	Gregg Pollack, Rails Envy	OAuth in Every Language		As a web developer in the age of the mashup, you need to know how to implement OAuth. Learn what it is, why you need it, and how to use it in your language of choice. We will quickly cover how to implement OAuth in Ruby, Java, PHP, .NET, and Python.		New Technology / Next Generation	T	A
1 2 3 4 5	Jason Seifer, Rails Envy	Tech Podcast Lightning Showdown		This panel will bring together some familiar faces from technical podcasts you might subscribe to. Each will do a lightning talk revealing how they produce, publicize, and publish their podcasts. We'll also find out what podcasts they admire and what advice they would pass on to fellow podcasters.		Content	T	B
1 2 3 4 5	Gregg Pollack, Rails Envy	How Not To FAIL At Web Services		Believe it or not both Amazon and Flickr have failed miserably at Web Services. In this talk we'll take a look at their failures, show how they could be fixed, and show how to properly use REST principles to create Web Services that don't fail.			T	I
1 2 3 4 5	Jason Seifer, Rails Envy	Podcasting in 60 Minutes		Have you ever wanted to create a podcast, but you're not sure where to start? This information packed presentation will walk you through everything you'll need to know, including some advanced audio editing techniques, and how to monetize your podcasts. Attendees will walk away with the ultimate podcasting cheat sheet.		Content	T	B

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