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PROTOS Digital Art & Prototyping Festival

The spring festival season draws to a close as summer temps make "celebrating outside" a contradiction in terms. Before that happens the PROTOS Digital Art & Prototyping Festival introduces itself to Austin courtesy of the Austin Museum of Digital Art. It's a perfect way to get inspired and discover ways to creatively spend the sweltering months indoors. Read More | Comment »

12:36PM Sun. May. 19, James Renovitch

Kickstart Your Weekend With Politics and Film

Thanks to our shared fame as the capital of Texas and the live music capital of the world, Austin has a wealth of creative types and political junkies. These three crowdfunding projects will hit home for one or the other – or both. Read More | Comment »

2:26PM Fri. May. 17, Monica Riese

Film Flam

Jeff Nichols' future plans, Cinema41 turns 2, and more, all in this edition of Film Flam. Read More | Comment »

11:50AM Fri. May. 10, Monica Riese

Recycle Your Electronics Tomorrow

Finally, a spring cleaning effort that gets that tricky e-waste covered. Read More | Comment »

10:40AM Fri. Apr. 19, Monica Riese

Hack to the Future

Is there anything more valuable than information? Read More | Comment »

4:44PM Thu. Apr. 18, Monica Riese

EasyPark Launches Locally

You may have heard, but Austin is a tech town. Everyone is envious of our Google Fiber, our Mac-to-PC ratio is way off, our nerds are the nerdiest, etc. So new apps and devices pop up all the time, and why wouldn't we be one of the first adopters? In that spirit, starting today we have EasyPark, a supposedly easier way to pay for parking. Read More | Comment »

5:05PM Wed. Apr. 17, James Renovitch

It's Official

With giddy anticipation posted to national tech blogs, local outlets citing "unnamed sources," and Google themselves appearing to jump the gun, today's announcement that Google Fiber will be coming to Austin was hardly a surprise. But that did not damper the excitement of the long lines waiting to get into Brazos Hall. Read More | Comment »

11:15AM Tue. Apr. 9, Brandon Watson

A-List of Tech Partners With SXSW

If nothing else, Austin is a town of dreamers. But with a new partnership announced yesterday between the Austin Chamber of Commerce's Austin A-List and South by Southwest Interactive, a few more folks might get to see their dreams come true. Read More | Comment »

11:11AM Tue. Apr. 9, Monica Riese

What the Hell Is Google Fiber, Anyway?

If you've actually made it to today without hearing the phrase "Google Fiber," congratulations: You are likely the only one. Read More | Comment »

11:38AM Mon. Apr. 8, Monica Riese

SXSW: The Demographic of One, The Impossible Girl, and the Crowd

Let's talk about the crowd in crowdsourcing. The crowd isn't money: The crowd is power, and support, and love, and freedom for artists. That was the message from artist Molly Crabapple and musician Kim Boekbinder at last weekend's SXSW Interactive panel Hacking the Crowd: Artists as Entrepreneurs. Read More | Comment »

10:55AM Sat. Mar. 16, Richard Whittaker

The Big O? Oh, No.

Hey, jerk-offs. You’re using the power of the big O for a quick fix, and you’re doing it wrong. Read More | Comment »

12:39PM Mon. Mar. 11, Kate X Messer

Status Quo Kills Neurons, So Train Your Brain

Returning to SXSWi after her 2012 panel, Niki Weber took the stage on Saturday to argue that negative feedback is essential to optimal brain function – and business success – and she has a motherlode of data to support that theory. Read More | Comment »

8:53AM Mon. Mar. 11, Jessi Cape

Meanwhile, Inside the Wired-Out Infrastructure of SXSW …

Scott Wilcox, director of technology for SXSW, doesn't need to be asked again about how homeless people were used as wi-fi hotspots during last year’s festival. Read More | Comment »

10:35AM Fri. Mar. 1, Wayne Alan Brenner

Newark Mayor (and Stealth Superhero?) Cory Booker Booked for SXSW

After running into a firestorm to save a neighbor, everything else is kind of a comedown. But still: Cory Booker’s coming to SXSW! Read More | Comment »

11:00AM Thu. Feb. 21, Kimberley Jones

Heyride Has a Hitch in Its Get-Along

Heyride is on the cover of the Austin Chronicle this week, but the legality of the service is in dispute. Hours after the Chronicle hit stands this morning, the City of Austin issued a press release, revealing that three weeks ago, on Oct. 31, it had sent a cease-and-desist letter to the company’s CEO, Joshua Huck. Read More | Comment »

4:09PM Wed. Nov. 21, 2012, Dan Solomon

Outbox: The Death of Snail Mail?

I've looked at the website again and again. Outbox: A service that takes your snail mail, opens it, scans it, and sends it to your iPad. My many questions have been answered on their FAQ page. They have $2.25 million in funding from the guy that invested in Facebook, so that's pretty legit. The numbers are all there, but they don't add up somehow. Here's my math: Read More | Comment »

3:45PM Fri. Nov. 16, 2012, James Renovitch

Wizard World: Wil Wheaton Versus the Burrito

So I'm waiting for Wil Wheaton to call me, so we can talk about his visit to Wizard World Austin Comic-Con this coming weekend, and we're having all kinds of technical problems. Him being a notorious Twitter user, I'm about to send him a message, when I read something very important on his feed. He is midway through a truly awesome burrito. Read More | Comment »

9:00AM Sat. Oct. 27, 2012, Richard Whittaker

SXSW Interactive Launches New Las Vegas Event

We talk to SXSW Interactive Director Hugh Forrest about expanding the brand with V2V. Read More | Comment »

1:11PM Tue. Oct. 23, 2012, Kimberley Jones

SXSW Interactive Announces 2013 Programming

Let's talk about sex, statistics, social media, new media, and more. Read More | Comment »

12:40PM Mon. Oct. 15, 2012, Kimberley Jones

Cool App Alert: Awesome Eats

When my husband gave me an iPad for our anniversary/my graduation (yes, that’s Dr. Haupt to you), I didn’t realize just how much it would change my life. Read More | Comment »

10:50AM Wed. Jun. 27, 2012, Melanie Haupt

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