Public Notice: Think Globally, Vote Locally

Why your country is depending on you to vote no on Prop 1

"...sure someone else will fill the niche in the open vehicle-for-hire market. Houstonians are willing to pay for a..."

May 6, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Making Reuse Mainstream

Austin needs a combo of government leadership, corporate responsibility, and individual commitment to meet reuse benchmarks

"...stuffed animals that elicit the gasps on the Goodwill Resource Center tours. They're at the back of the warehouse,..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Public Notice: A Park Is a Terrible Thing to Waste

The bad idea for Long Park, and public events around town

"...just to clear the decks, and then ask the Open Space, Environment, and Sustainability committee to take up the..."

March 6, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Point Austin: Greens vs. Greens

Charter election rhetoric begins rising all around

"...and Barton Springs, nor make city government effectively more "open" to the public than it already is. These propositions..."

March 31, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup

Lots to look forward to as winter eases into spring

"...to mid-March. Volunteers with the nonprofit Helen Lee Foundation open the property free of charge to the public only..."

Feb. 2, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

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

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

"...final keynote add: Meredith Whittaker, president of Signal, an open-source, encrypted messaging service. A co-founder of M-Lab and the..."

Feb. 11, 2025 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Catch up on Lone Star State news and plan some fall fun

"...showing off the advancements made at the preserve and opening a new hiking trail at the 50th Anniversary Celebration..."

Oct. 4, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup

Beat the heat in San Marcos and have fun at events around the state

"...Water babies. This time of year, finding a source of cold, clear water to soak your overheated body..."

July 3, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

ProLodges Saves and Changes Some of Austin's Most Vulnerable Lives

Can the city keep them open?

"...programs. Caritas leads a collaboration known as Best Single Source Plus, and will coordinate with another dozen agencies in..."

Jan. 1, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Is ARIC Still Watching?

Though under scrutiny, fusion center still keeps tabs on protests

"...in BlueLeaks revealed that its analysts have "provided real-time open-source analysis support" for local law enforcement around many public..."

Dec. 11, 2020 News Feature by John Anderson

Body Hacking and Human Augmentation Conference Celebrates All Things DIY Cyborg

Get chipped (or don’t) at BDYHAX

"...body) and a presentation by Samantha Payne, co-founder of Open Bionics, a robotics company specializing in 3-D-printed bionic limbs...."

Feb. 22, 2019 Screens Feature by Beth Sullivan

Our Fair Share

Good food doesn't have to cost the Earth

"...building community and making safer, more connecting neighborhoods that open doors for further collaboration. We call it the new..."

Aug. 29, 2014 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

World AIDS Day: No One Untouched

Roger Temme on why we still observe World AIDS Day

"...For much of today’s younger LGBTQ generation, AIDS is..."

Nov. 27, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Ouya: The People's Gaming Console

Could Julie Uhrman's Kickstarted project be the innovation the gaming industry was waiting for?

"...room console to come before it, Ouya is an open gaming and app platform priced at $99. Its low..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Sean Carey

The New Sobriety

SXSW Interactive Conference photos and panel reviews

"...bust see blue skies ahead, and recommend a more open -- and sober -- approach to new media initiatives...."

March 22, 2002 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Don't Believe the Hype

Local Digiterati on the Good, the Bad, and the Internet in Between

"...the fall of Les Amis to the rise of open-source, what remain are the fundamental questions even these experts..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Free Stuff to Do at SXSW: Week One

Your guide to free events on SXSW's first weekend

"...bit going on during South By that's free and open to the public. All you need to do is..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Tucker Whatley

Brazilian Broadband

Gilberto Gil Q&A

"...– get it all. Take elements from all those sources and mix it with Brazilian ones, and that’s what..."

Oct. 30, 2012 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Parks Smoking Ban, More Up Thursday

No ifs, ands, or (37,000) butts: One smokin' council agenda

"...Telecommunications Commission to develop recommendations for elements of an Open Government Framework that addresses open data, open source platforms,..."

Dec. 5, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Everyone's CNU: Free Public Events

"...all about! The CNU conference events listed below are open to the public. Citizen activists, students, developers and real..."

March 28, 2008 News Feature

Point Austin: Hot Topics

The hot air season is upon us – and everybody's an energy source

"...that's the reason for the real estate exception in open-records laws – and the alternative tracts are now in..."

April 28, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Visual Art Review: Laurie Frick’s “What did you do today?” at Ivester Contemporary

Data-driven works present art and technology with hope for connection

"...creates captivating geometric artwork based on information pulled from open-source databases like ATUS (American Time Use Survey) or MTUS..."

March 15, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Sex, Lies, and Katie Folger

The Austin artist on her new show, Getting in Bed With the Pizza Man

"...than usual. But for Katie Folger, it was a source of creative inspiration...."

May 11, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

hellsite.austin.gov

Everything needs to be online now. Austin is a world-renowned tech capital. Why can’t the city get it right?

"...crashed. This failure to "load test" the portal, our sources say, was one of several serious blunders made in..."

June 11, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Day Trips: Black Is Beautiful Beer, Weathered Souls Brewery, San Antonio

Brewers worldwide are making a San Antonio beer for social change

"...Brewing Co., came up with the idea of an open-source beer recipe that other breweries could use and then..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Tyler Mount's Broadway Success

Playbill vlog king hosts High School Musical Theatre Awards

"...current revival of Once on This Island and power source for the astoundingly popular Tyler Mount Vlog for Playbill.com...."

April 18, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Most Dangerous Man in Austin?

Cody Wilson's day-to-day life is pretty routine. But the product he's selling threatens to make gun control laws obsolete.

"...Wilson, along with a few friends, opened Defense Distributed out of defiance...."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Year in Food

The 2014 tastes we just couldn't stop thinking about

"...a move to Fayetteville, Ark., where they'll build an open-source farm. We'll miss their sun-kissed faces, but are sure..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Thought Recorders for Local Government Officials

"...instantly encoded and streamed live to the Web. The open source code generating the thought stream is based on..."

March 8, 2011 Postmarks

'Karma' Chameleon

Is crowdsourced content the wave of the future?

"...cable TV with the premiere of Bar Karma, a crowdsourced sci-fi TV show about a "mystical watering hole at..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

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