Where the Wild Things Blog

What we're afraid of finding – or who we're afraid is finding us – when we tell stories on the Web

"...featuring founders of SwapThing, BlogHer, and LiveWorld, along with Microsoft community program manager Betsy Aoki...."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Keeping It Together

You mean open source hasn't saved the world yet?

"...Microsoft is a player in that, and so are a..."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Holiday Wish Lists 2006

Give 'til it helps: Part 1

"...Microsoft Office student & teacher editionCENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Features Feature

Adrift in the Ether

New consumer advocacy project keeps online customers plugged in

"...Microsoft 800/936-5700..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

The Hightower Report

Neil Bush Milks Cows; and Responding to Labor

"...guess who is howling in protest? Dell, Ford, GE, Microsoft, Nike, and other brand-name corporate giants that have been..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

Re: Gift

When a PS3 just isn't in the cards

"...Microsoft..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Screens Feature by Carson Barker

Demetri Martin: Under mild surveillance

Demetri Martin, of the "Trendspotting" segment on The Daily Show, explains his quick rise in comedy, how it feels to be semifamous, and why he chose Austin for filming his next Comedy Central special

"...on The Daily Show. He's been rendered virtual by Microsoft at www.clearification.com, their very subtle webvertisement for the Windows..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Arts Feature by Daniel Oppenheimer

The Game Is All

We catch up with some major players in Austin's gaming universe

"...the full spectrum of genres and platforms, developing for Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation3, Nintendo's Wii, the high-end PC,..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Screens Feature by N. Evan Van Zelfden

The Best of Slate: A 10th Anniversary Anthology

Why fork over $13 – or $9.97, if you use the fulfillment service on Slate.com's click-through ad – to read anything that's free online?

"...love with Slate since its 1996 inception as a Microsoft joint, unless you stayed tuned during the magazine's subscription-only..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Books Review by Marrit Ingman

Amid Yahootinis and Freebies, a Focus on the Future

BlogHer in San Jose

"...marketing frontier" in a piece about the convention, while Microsoft blogger Robert Scoble marveled that women bloggers had "huge..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Rock & Roll Books

Summer reading

"...In 2000, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen opened the Experience Music Project, a..."

June 2, 2006 Music Feature by Dan Oko

The New Reliable

With Dooce.com, pro blogger and crazy Utah housewife Heather Armstrong stands by her brand

"...is just as valid as someone who blogs for Microsoft and wants to keep the customer informed of what's..."

March 3, 2006 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

The Hightower Report

Bush's IRS goes after poor folks; and the latest 'creep' of advertising

"...offers to send your own text message to, say, Microsoft or Pepsi to receive free or discounted goods –..."

Feb. 10, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

Holiday You-Wish List

Once around the Xbox 360

Dec. 23, 2005 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Holiday You-Wish List

Once around the Xbox 360

"...Microsoft Game Studios/Bizarre Creations $49.99 A balance between realistic racing..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Holiday You-Wish List

Once around the Xbox 360

"...Microsoft Game Studios/Rare $49.99 Aimed more toward the younger gamer,..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Holiday You-Wish List

Once around the Xbox 360

"...Microsoft Game Studios/Rare $49.99 Another showcase for 360's graphics is..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

In Space

Online commerce puts customers on hold; here's how to get out of the loop

"...Microsoft 800/936-5700..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Screens Feature

Austin Game Conference

October 27-28

"...Career Pavilion: The big players will be there: Sony, Microsoft, Midway, Activision, Ubisoft. Get out of the unemployment line..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Naked City

Watchdog group questions whether a public-school Bible course is purely academic

"...found verbatim in other published sources, such as the Microsoft online encyclopedia Encarta or religious texts by popular religious..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

About AIDS

You've got mail ... and gonorrhea!

"...new program catches on – and we don't mean Microsoft...."

July 22, 2005 Column by Sandy Bartlett

High Tech Schools: The Future, or the Latest Fad?

Will new technology funding go to build skills or just buy stuff?

"...all areas of learning. She proudly points out that Microsoft has called the UT Elementary a "school of the..."

Dec. 31, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

DVDs

Gift guide

"...Bungie/Microsoft, $49.99..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

Character Development

UT's Video Game Design Boot Camp

"...studying folklore," he says. "You wouldn't trust him with Microsoft Word, but he understood myth, metaphor, and archetype like..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Montana Blues

Great-grandmother Marie died of a broken heart in Billings, Mont.

"...and so was the company, being to copper what Microsoft is to software, what Airbus is to airplanes, what..."

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

The Hightower Report

Nanotechnology will rain gold on us just like, um, high tech did; and Colin Powell promises jobs … to India

"...the middle class. But now the CEOs of Dell, Microsoft, IBM, and the rest are shipping these engineering and..."

May 21, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

SXSW Interactive 04

Exclusive Web-only 'Austin Chronicle' coverage of the wonks, the weekend, and the wilder side of cyberspace

"..."Sony and Nintendo and Microsoft are going to come in and stomp all over..."

March 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Austin @ Large: Unequal Farce

The 'Statesman' leaps to its own defense … and crashes on takeoff

"...As anyone who hasn't fallen in love with Microsoft Excel should understand, it makes no difference. Since the..."

Feb. 13, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Baby, Let Me Follow You Down

Can record stores survive the digital age?

"...Wal-Mart, and Coca-Cola to Rolling Stone and, of course, Microsoft has announced plans for their own online music services...."

Jan. 23, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Forget the little boxes -- it's the big boxes we need to knock down

"...hounds of federal hell every bit as much as Microsoft or AT&T. But last I checked, Austin did still..."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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