Websites from Hell

It's 4am -- Do You Know Where Your Monitor Is?

"...this is overpowering. That's the siren song of the Web, a nattering little voice that grabs you by the..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Honoria en Ciberspazio

The Opera Ain't Over 'Til the Cyber-Lady Sings

"...lists and MUDs and MOOs and the World Wide Web, Honoria found the right combination of synergies, and started..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

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

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

"...Demetrios, director of the Eames Office and descendant of design giants Charles and Ray Eames; and Kevin Bacon, enjoying..."

Feb. 11, 2025 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Roger Waters and Erin Lee Carr to Keynote SXSW 2020

Also appearing: Phoebe Robinson, 50 Cent & Bon Appétit Test Kitchen

"...• Amazon Web Services Vice President of Public Sector Partners and Programs..."

Nov. 12, 2019 SXSW Post by Kevin Curtin

Unlocking the Joys of Austin’s Puzzle Rooms

Escape rooms bring the solitary diversions to life

"...Inspired by simple point-and-click web games (Escape the Room, Crimson Room, Viridian Room –..."

July 29, 2016 Arts Feature by Marc Majcher

Auditorium Shores: The Next Millennium?

Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley on hand

"...chairman of Tur Partners LLC. Tur, according to its web site, is "an investment and advisory firm that partners..."

July 12, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Planning South Shore Central: The ROMA Report

2000 study of redeveloping the South Shore was a good first effort

"...In 2000, ROMA Design Group worked with a citizen task force, the Town..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...the test case for the district's ambitious high school redesign plan, was deemed academically unacceptable again, although test scores..."

Aug. 4, 2006 News Feature

The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

"...Kansas City School Board deciding whether to teach intelligent design alongside evolution in their science classes, right? It was..."

April 14, 2006 Books Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Beside The Point

Mueller neighbors aren't against a new water tower, they just want a better-looking one.

"...not the tower's presence, but for a decidedly less-dowdy-than-conventional design. "After working for more than a decade to ensure..."

April 14, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Invasion of the McMansions

Tarrytown neighbors outraged over demolition of house they considered historic

"...house, recipient of a 1953 Texas Association of Architects design award and one of very few remaining homes designed..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Austin. Prevailing sentiment on council is that now-traditional suburban design – cul-de-sacs feeding onto a few major arterials –..."

July 1, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Expanding East

The third East Austin Studio Tour doubles the days, doubles the fun

"...be because in many cases these studios are not designed as public spaces. These are places where the artists..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

After a Fashion

(Y)Our Style Avatar, Stephen M.M. does the party circuit and still manages to keep himself on time in order to serve you, the fashion slaves of Austin

"..."Best of Austin" awards were held at the fabulous Design Center of Austin. What a transformation it was from..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion

Stephen goes west, sees some big rocks, and only adds to the splendor of the Marfa lights…

"...with ticket info, will be displayed on the center's Web site (www.wildflower.org/?nd=gala), and beginning Wednesday, April 28, at the..."

April 23, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Big Beeps and Powerhouses: Animation in Austin

"...interactive audio-visual madness. With its wealth of artists and designers still going strong years after the tech bubble burst,..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Villas condos is actually a case of poor architectural design and the architecture firm is to blame ["Does MACC..."

June 6, 2003 Column

After a Fashion

"...TOMER SHOW I have chosen to take Tomer Gendler, designing under the label Tomer, as seriously as he takes..."

April 11, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Save Our Speck Alliance

Larry Speck is the main architect of the Hill Country Galleria. He's also a member of the Save Our Springs Alliance board, which opposes the Galleria. This is what you call, "walking the tightrope."

"...says SOS Executive Director Bill Bunch, is not Speck's design (the outdoor mall adheres to the European sensibilities of..."

June 14, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Development peccadillos and Lost Austin kudos.

"...city to develop the project as submitted. The revised design was the only option that allowed us to proceed..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Column

Naked City

City council lingers over matters including the fate of the Austin Music Network, the city's media system as a whole, and the proposed Mueller Airport swap.

"...city's public-info Channel 6, and the Austin City Connection Web site, as well as outside entities like the Austin..."

Jan. 26, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...heaped upon our heads for our sound and lighting designs for Virtual Devotion, the current production playing at the..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Column

After a Fashion

If I were going to spend $1,100 on a jacket, I'd want to feel the fabric first.

"...in their crown on one of the most beautiful Web sites in the cyberscape (www.eluxury.com). The new site offers..."

July 28, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...the city last week wheeled out its "Listening and Design Workshop" visual preference survey to sparse and somewhat restive..."

March 19, 1999 News Feature

A Living in Art

Nathan Jensen Creates New Frontiers

"...the millstone but surrounds it with other elements: a web of metal poles, a system of metal gears, mountains..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Arts Feature

SXSW Film Releases First Wave of Panels

The Mr. Robot crew are back

"...rules of social stardom, and Austin-based stand-up comedian and web celeb Zach Anner presenting “The Art of Starting From..."

Oct. 20, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Girls Gone Geek

Weird Girls is an Austin-based website and YouTube channel dedicated to all things geeky, but from a female perspective

"...That's the name of the Austin-based website and YouTube channel dedicated to all thinks geeky. In..."

May 23, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Kickstart Your Weekend: Civics Edition

Operator and Key to the Street make being a better citizen easy

"...created a way to mask censored information as benign web traffic. How he does this is rather technical, but..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Screens Post by James Renovitch

A Starring Role: Interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Our man Brenner talks with the famed astrophysicist, because science.

"...that photo in print, keep publishing it on the web every day, to remind people. Because we seem to..."

Nov. 26, 2013 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Pilot Light

Previously doomed shows finally air at ATX TV Fest

"...fanfare this year, has sophisticated user data to help design a hit, while Amazon Prime recently rolled out a..."

June 7, 2013 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

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