Join the Club

"...in the trenches where local public policy gets made, Tech Austin has sallied forth in a big way, forming..."

May 12, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Covering New Ground

Robin Rather talks about Austin's future, and her own, after stepping down as chair of the Save Our Springs Alliance.

"...SOS board for good to begin work with the high-tech CEOs in the Austin Network. The Chronicle talked with..."

May 12, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Carrying the Burden

During Gov. Bush's campaign for his party's presidential nomination last fall, reporters asked the candidate to comment on a federal government report asserting that many Texans, including large numbers of children, were going to bed hungry. "I saw the report that children in Texas are going hungry. Where?" he demanded, going on to say, "You'd think the governor would have heard if there are pockets of hunger in Texas." Indeed, you would, especially if one of those pockets is just a few miles from his front door, Virginia B. Wood explains as she explores the very pockets of hunger in Austin Bush has difficulty fathoming.

"...curious about hunger conditions here in the thriving Sunbelt high-tech boomtown were he currently lives. To his credit, Bush..."

April 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Margin of Error

Some Texas high schools may be violating the "top 10%" law, which guarantees admission to UT and other Texas colleges and universities, by exaggerating the number of students in the top 10% of their graduating classes.

"...high school graduating classes to UT, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, and other state schools regardless of scores on college..."

April 21, 2000 News Feature by Jonathan David Carroll

Naked City

Robin Rather, Brigid Shea, Mary Arnold leave the SOS board; Town Lake park tree not 300 yeears old after all.

"...to the newly formed Austin Network, a group of high-tech reps interested in local environmental and growth management efforts...."

March 31, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Melissa Sconyers

Face of the Future?

"...Girls Life, and Wired magazine, the face of Austin's high-tech future, or just an ordinary kid living an extraordinary..."

March 3, 2000 Screens Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Traci Goudie

Welcome to Style Central

"...Austinite Traci Goudie may well be the most stylish techie alive. Funny, clever, and way-cute, belying the "guys who..."

March 3, 2000 Screens Feature by Ada Calhoun

Seonaidh Davenport

Building a Sustainable Future

"...At other tech companies, women may suffer in the company of men...."

March 3, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Coach's Corner

In search of the deadly Longhorn virus.

"...a line good enough against the likes of Texas Tech, but unable to resist at all the attacks of..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Chain Reaction

Downtown construction projects raise fears that Austin will lose its charm.

"...To that end, Austin took in $218.7 million in high-tech venture capital in the first half of 1999 --..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Feature by Amy Smith

Play on Worlds

Now Playing

"...Low-tech meets high-tech with a trio of games from the..."

July 2, 1999 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

Heavy Mettle

Fact of Life

"...half of Ben White Boulevard or, more piquantly, the high-tech campus corridors of the north. Even if Michael Dell..."

March 26, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Why Wall Street Is Betting on Austin's Multimedia That Magic Touch

"...environment exploded out of a convergence of money, innovative technology, and creative talent. And each part of the convergence..."

March 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Kaplan Crunch

Will Private Firm Put the Squeeze on Public Education?

"...program to a vocational school producing workers trained in technical skills rather than critical thinking skills. The concern is..."

Dec. 12, 1997 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...circle, making the afternoon almost indistinguishable from a Texas Tech football game (most of the Red Raiders are fat..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Telephone Hangups

Telecommunications Ordinance Passes, Fees and All

"...reduced, so as to help small companies -- especially high-tech and multimedia developers who do most of their work..."

March 7, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin's Active Shelf Life

Can Our Public Library Keep Up the Pace?

"...We want it all. We want the latest information technology, and the vinyl records. We want the academic journals,..."

Sept. 20, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

What Galleries Are Doing on the World Wide Web Why Net Art?

"...on the Net? Is there any compelling reason for low-tech artists to pay attention to the high-tech possibilities offered..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Arts Feature

Coach's Corner

"...Parting Shots: What's a Virginia Tech? Where is Virginia Tech? Who is going to watch..."

Dec. 8, 1995 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Beneath a baleful,

"...I'm watching will be more exciting than the UT-Texas Tech game I should be at. However, I'm fearful someone..."

Nov. 10, 1995 Column

Work It

Take This Job and...

"...can't find stable, lucrative work in a town where high-tech companies currently have hundreds of job openings. According to..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Mr. Fix It: Corey Moore

"...as Charlie Sexton's tour manager. A drummer turned drum tech turned tour manager, the eternally mellow Moore has followed..."

June 23, 1995 Music Feature

Focaccia on the Frontier

North Toward Rome

"...pastoral patches, but that is changing rapidly. Austin's burgeoning high-tech businesses continue to build in the area, and developers..."

April 28, 1995 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Shrouds

Cronenberg contemplates grief and decay

"...Promises star to cast him as the owner of GraveTech and inventor of the shroud. It’s not any funeral..."

April 25, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Benson Boone, La Sécurité, Ken Pomeroy, and More Reviews From Tuesday of SXSW

Plus: Lars Ulrich pumps up new Apple Vision Pro experience

"...River-and-beyond streets to catch exports in folk, dance punk, techno, and Latin R&B...."

March 12, 2025 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Austin’s Battle-Scarred Congressman Outlines Strategy to Contain Trump and Musk

Where is the resistance? Here.

"...man in the world wore a black T-shirt with “TECH SUPPORT” across his chest. Projected massively on screens via..."

Feb. 21, 2025 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Austin Gets Compared to a Lot of Cities. But Is Life Better There?

Shopping for home

"...first and foremost with the outsize influence of its tech entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. Within that world, however, Oakland..."

Feb. 21, 2025 News Feature by Abe Asher

SXSW Conference Taps Issa Rae, Signal and Colossal Leads for Keynotes

Lineup drop also adds Kevin Bacon, Hideo Kojima, Last of Us cast & crew

"...Bacon and Issa Rae share space with futurists and tech firms like local bioscience outfit Colossal, which wants to..."

Feb. 11, 2025 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...but it turns out the inauguration thing was gross. Tech overlords had front-row seats. And then Trump pardoned the..."

Jan. 24, 2025 News Feature

Fun Floats With MoHA’s New Holiday Show

Titanic #2: The Floater promises to be another hit for the Museum of Human Achievement

"...“High achieving low-tech” is what Vaughn calls the holiday show’s secret sauce,..."

Dec. 13, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

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