Renewable Resources

An interactive doc on Barton Springs seeks community involvement

"...water gets in there. The whole idea behind the interface is to reinforce at every moment that this is..."

June 29, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

DIY Recording

Internal Affairs familiarizes itself with DIY recording

"...four years using Garage Band software, an Apogee Duet interface, and large diaphragm condenser mics. Cohen also rents equipment..."

April 13, 2012 Music Post by Zoe Cordes Selbin

Ex-Punk Author, DIY or Die Forever

Test-driving the newest iBooks Author app (bumps ahead)

"...The delivery process with Amazon was clunky, too. The interface is nonintuitive and support is less than satisfactory. Ideally,..."

March 2, 2012 Screens Feature by Jesse Sublett

Don't Click Us, We'll Click You

How the Internet started searching us

"...filter our lives also continue to perfect the user interface to such a degree that it's opening up the..."

March 2, 2012 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Man or Machine? Circle Option C.

Digital pioneer Amber Case on cyborg anthropology

"...people into these realities," but text and good two-dimensional interfaces are enough to absorb us totally in virtual worlds...."

March 2, 2012 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Kickstart My Heart

Austin is one of 10 cities featured prominently on online fundraising platform Kickstarter

"...of projects, as demonstrated, is wide. Additionally, Kickstarter's place-specific interface helps potential donors learn more about what ideas and..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Music Feature by Adam Schragin

To Serve Man

Briggo: an Austin company at the crossroads of taste, technology, and social interaction

"...order coffee on the spot via the same user interface displayed on the website and the phone app.) Orders..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Food Feature by MM Pack

Headlines

"...meaning citizens (or city reporters) struggling with the new interface can send comments, suggestions, and hate mail to the..."

Dec. 23, 2011 News Feature

Handicapping the Holidays

We narrow the field for the gamer on your gift list

"...from a dud, wasn't designed with the Wii's unique interface in mind. Not so with Skyward Sword, which utilizes..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Handicapping the Holidays

We narrow the field for the gamer on your gift list

"...mean plastic axe, and that familiarity with Rock Band's interface – the scrolling notes, the color-coding – is pretty much the..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Screens Feature by Mark Fagan

Compose Yourself

SXSW Film announces first wave of conference sessions

"...SXSW Film. Culled from proposals to the festival's PanelPicker interface, the panels range from trendspotting (The Evolution of the..."

Oct. 26, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Cute Local Game Alert!

Local developers create two achingly cute games

"...overload, but the game mechanics are solid with the interface involving little more than spinning the circular levels using..."

Sept. 3, 2011 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Inching to the Finish

Bob Sabiston's winding road to Inchworm Animation

"...DS hit the shelves in late 2004. The dual-screens-and-pen interface immediately made the console attractive as an animation tool..."

May 27, 2011 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Making Mjolnir Out of a WiiMote

Local game developers Red Fly talk 'Thor'

"...appeal with Mjolnir – from a game design and interface point of view, how did the Wii Remote shape..."

May 11, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

This Week's Waste of Time

Browser games are back ... in 3-D!

"...control numerous interlocked objects in three dimensions with an interface (the mouse) that is designed primarily for 2-D. The..."

April 29, 2011 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Small Audiences, Large Souls

At the Fusebox Festival, size matters, but that doesn't always mean 'big'

"...(see "Fusebox Music") creates what Berry calls "a different interface to hear the music" by locating bands in nontraditional..."

April 22, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

sxswf: Even More 'Incendiary'

More from our Q&A with filmmakers Steve Mims and Joe Bailey Jr.

"...the Commission] who have had to learn how to interface with [Bradley], like the Attorney General. And I think..."

March 10, 2011 SXSW Post by Jordan Smith

Some (Re)Assembly Required

From mapping to extrapolating, recontextualizing the data we've been given

"...the organizer of the SXSW Interactive panel Time Traveling: Interfaces for Geotemporal Visualization. Rabinowitz credits two reasons for his..."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Wells Dunbar

Gay Place

The Gay Place shares its deepest, darkest confessions

"...in concert at a glance. No stupid social network interface or counterintuitive bad design, no lame-ass mutually flaccid masturbation,..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Column by Kate X Messer

Luv Doc Recommends: Game On Austin

Mohawk, Tuesday, November 16, 2010

"...shamefully derivative name and boasts a "super clean user interface" as one of its features. Hmmm … sounds hygienic...."

Nov. 12, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

In Play

The PlayStation Move makes a play for the Wiimote's fan base

"...for PlayStation without mentioning the groundbreaking innovation in game-player interface that is the Wii Remote. Whatever faults you may..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

This Week's Waste of Time

One man, many free online games to play

"...The best example of Wohlwend's fine-tuned player/game interface abilities is Hundreds. It's a simple premise: Balls bounce..."

Sept. 9, 2010 Screens Post by James Renovitch

I Sold the Lousy T-Shirt Off My Back and All I Got Was This iPad

What's Apple's touch tablet actually for?

"...many home studio setups. There are also midi and interface controllers available if you have an existing digital recording..."

April 30, 2010 Screens Post by Adam Theriault

Gowalla Battles Foursquare, Interactive Wins

Social media systems square off at SXSWi

"...by releasing version 1.7, with a redesigned and streamlined interface. Austin-based Gowalla, which allows users to "check in" at..."

March 26, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Depths of 'Desire'

Curator Annette Carlozzi invites art lovers to dive down into images of longing

"...ways in which we relate to, yearn for, and interface with one another. It was, notes Carlozzi, "such a..."

March 19, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

I Built My Girlfriend's iPod

Stranded on a desert island? At least you have your iPodSolar.

"...modest music library (remember the Library of Alexandria?) musical interface had smiled. Monks, Shocking Blue, every last Okkervil River..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Wii Internet Browser Now Free

Nintendo finally realizes that no one pays for their surfing

"...so many things Wii produces – is that the interface looks made for a toddler with its cartoony bubbles..."

Sept. 2, 2009 Screens Post by James Renovitch

We Were Promised Jet Packs (and a Whole Lot More)

When will technology catch up to the movies?

"...will narrow their focus to how the sexy data interfaces pictured in movies inspire their real-life counterparts and vice..."

March 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Duty

Don't Fret the Technique

'Guitar Hero' goes mobile

"...its replacement of the standard controller with a modified-guitar interface), the game achieved such staggering success as to make..."

March 6, 2009 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

All Access

Austin's B-Side Entertainment rethinks how to get a movie to the masses

"...cinema-nerd world at large with a free, easy-to-use Web-based interface for film festivals – announced that it would receive..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Mike Kanin

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