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.
The world of web development is steering away from MVC-based architectures and moving towards a client/server model that could be best described as RIA + SOA, combining a rich user interface that consumes a mesh of scattered services.