Fear Street Becomes Queer Street in Austin This Weekend

Come celebrate Netflix's landmark LGBTQ+ horror

"...Horror has found its way back into Austin early this year, and as things in Texas often do,..."

July 9, 2021 Screens Post by Avery Wohleb

The Toes Knows

It's the Five Fingers of Dr. Vibram!

"...– unlike most things innovative – I am an early adopter. Plus, I am a dyke, and as such,..."

April 18, 2008 Design Post by Kate X Messer

Texas' Marijuana Policy May Be Progressing Quicker Than Expected

Texas' marijuana policy may be progressing quicker than anyone realizes

"...to somehow provide for legal production and distribution. An early revision of SB 339 dropped a requirement that the..."

May 12, 2017 News Feature by Braden Maccke

We're With the Brand

The fluxing future of brand identity

"...all these things that wreck my experience?'" As an early adopter, she's one of the customers who gave social..."

March 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

EasyPark Launches Locally

Because walking to parking meters is a drag

"...and why wouldn't we be one of the first adopters? In that spirit, starting today we have EasyPark, a..."

April 17, 2013 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Breaking the Internet With Neill Blomkamp's Demonic

Terror and terabytes create a new vision of possession

"...Blomkamp was scheduled to attend an early screening of Demonic today at AFS Cinema, but will..."

Aug. 18, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSWi: It's Not TV, It's Social TV

TV is dead. Long live TV!

"...in but there was a mild buzz at this early, Saturday morning panel. And then, the donuts arrived—a pleasant,..."

March 13, 2011 SXSW Post by Belinda Acosta

Double Take

Austin Scribe Lawrence Wright Tackles Noriega -- Twice

"...by seeking asylum in the papal nunciature, surrendering in early January 1990 and was eventually convicted on charges of..."

March 10, 2000 Screens Feature by Cary L. Roberts

SXSW Saturday Interviews

Last-night SXSW showcase chats

"...son in 2003 and a daughter six years later. Early between the two births, Chesnutt found his message...."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Big, Contentious Austin Energy Rate Hike Finally Arrives at Council

Power for the people?

"...Coffman points out that AE was an early adopter of a progressive rate design that incentivized conservation..."

Nov. 25, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

News Roundup: Climate, Cuts, and Cuckoos

Austin attends the Paris climate conference

"...Austin is happy to offer. Our city was an early adopter and has a great track record on reducing..."

Dec. 14, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

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

Molly Crabapple and Kim Boekbinder on crowdsourcing

"...collapse of Wall Street, Shell Game. She was an early adopter of Kickstarter: In 2010, she raised $6,000 to..."

March 16, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: The Legendary White Swan

The Legendary White Swan doesn't bite

"...bikinis at 2am. On East Sixth, he was an early adopter of a neighborhood in boom, but he may..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Cool City: Getting Down With the Grid

Everybody's excited about the Pecan Street Project – they're just not sure what it is

"...the project. They see an opportunity to command an early market share of the next big thing – including..."

Sept. 4, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Finding the Sweet Spot

For Austin's 'density bonus' development program – what's on our wish list?

"...of the variances needed to exceed existing entitlements. One early adopter was Constructive Ventures. On its Spring condominiums, the..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: What Would Andrés Duany Do?

The town-planning messiah fixes Austin.

"..."I think it's too early for real sacrifice. The people that are really going..."

April 13, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

My Semester on the Beat

Wherein our reporter pursues the bad guys, abhors Problem People, studies community policing, and earns a perfect attendance koozie in the APD's Citizen Police Academy

"...Community Oriented Policing Services Office, but APD was an early adopter of the philosophy. Our CPA began in January..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Untangling the Web

An Interview with Sue Beckwith and Gene Crick

"...the kind of people you attract when everybody's an early adopter...."

Sept. 19, 1997 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Sci-Fi Film Festival Foresees a Hybrid Future for Its In-Person Return

Other Worlds comes to Galaxy Highland and beyond

"...that recurrent theme of the perils of being an early adopter is highlighted in both centerpiece selections, augmented reality..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bullock Museum Commemorates 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage in Texas

“Sister Suffragist” tackles the timeline of women’s rights

"...I guess surprisingly to some people, was a very early adopter of the amendment that would become the 19th..."

June 14, 2019 Arts Post by Savana Dunning

How Austin Became the Cold Brew Capital of the World

No need to give up coffee during the sweltering season

"...or the city's spirit of innovation, Austin was an early adopter of the cold brew trend. Kohana and Chameleon..."

April 7, 2017 Food Feature by Dan Gentile

SXSW Film Review: Rat Film

Doc transforms unwelcome critters into metaphor of human inequality

"...Baltimore, the doc tell us, was an early adopter of separate neighborhoods for whites and African-Americans. It's..."

March 11, 2017 SXSW Post by Joe O'Connell

Seeing Is Believing

How Project Syria's VR initiative is building a new generation of global citizens

"...isn't exactly new. Founded in 1998, GNG was an early adopter of video chat to connect classrooms, but, Lau..."

March 4, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

You Got Your Interwebs in My Idiot Tube

Studying WWE's playbook for social TV domination

"...flagship show, Monday Night Raw. Last December, fans cast nearly a million votes via the WWE's app during the..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

What's New on the Social Web

Keeping up in the world of Tumblr and Reddit and Facebook and more

"...that figures as varied as a veteran actor who clearly doesn't understand the Internet and the President of the..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Wizard World: Wil Wheaton Versus the Burrito

'ST:TNG' star explains how Twitter helps bind the geekverse

"...Not that he was an early adopter of Twitter. "I was originally profoundly unimpressed by..."

Oct. 27, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Bag It

Proposed plastic bag ban will be popular – and under assault

"...environmental consequences. And while Austin might be considered an early adopter, in fact we're a little behind the curve...."

Aug. 5, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Technology, Take Us Away

Are our gadgets and gizmos troubleshooters or troublemakers?

"...prevented me from throwing my phone into it. But clearly, I'm not what you'd call an early adopter. I..."

March 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

DNC Does the Texas Waltz

National Dems have high hopes for Texas ... one of these days

"...two big senate primary rivals played a game of early adopter one-upmanship: Houston Mayor Bill White reminded everyone that,..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Cool City: My Big Fat Carbon Footprint

One reporter's liberating steps toward energy efficiency

"...just $1 – ah, the price of being an early adopter...."

July 11, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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