How SXSW Can Save Itself

Reclaiming Discovery and Innovation in an Age of Brand Saturation

In 2013, heading into my sixth year producing some form of event at SXSW Interactive, I felt a certain discomfort. The focus seemed to have changed…

The questions to be posed at SxSW Interactive 2014

As curated from the official list of talks…

The Door Isn’t Locked. Turn the Knob.

When I arrived in SxSW in Austin this past March, I knew I wanted to listen in on a few key…

Something interesting happened at SXSW

What if the people who will be working together to change the world in 10 years met today…

SXSW and Understanding the Unabomber

“Understanding the Unabomber: Had his career not tipped into violence, terror and ultimately murder, would the ideas of Ted Kaczynski, aka The Unabomber, deserve a place in the lineage of reasonable opposition to unchecked technological progress, from Aristotle to…

The Digital Master

Austin in SXSW

How Some Companies Are Cashing In On SXSW

As someone who isn’t attending the annual conference in Austin, but is still someone who would like to know what’s happening on the ground there, I was intrigued enough to learn about what some tech companies are doing to spark up interest from passersby at…