XOXO: Livesketches from Lucy Bellwood!

Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending Portland’s XOXO, an independent arts and…

Death, Aliveness, & XOXO 2015

September 10th–13th, Portland OR

XOXO: Alone and On a Budget? No Problem.

I first heard of XOXO in 2012 when two of my friends came to town — one from the Bay Area to attend the conference, the other from the East Coast as a guest speaker — and they both had nothing but great things to say about the event. Art! Tech! Music! Fun…

When “The Internet” Really Means “My Internet.”

I learned a lot at my first XOXO, but the key realization was about my own biases.

This was originally just a tweet. It read:

Working from home: Hard mode.

In 2006, although I had to check the math several times to make sure, it turned out I didn’t have to go to work anymore — I could pay the bills working from home as an independent contractor. I wouldn’t be able to afford much else, mind you — I was living in San Francisco…

All alone, together

This year is the fourth year of XOXO, and it’s starting to look less and less like an annual event and more like a community…

Looking forward, looking back

In which I return to XOXO with keen anticipation, and PHP, with horror.

I attended XOXO in 2013, and really enjoyed it. Besides the talks themselves, I was secretly delighted to be amongst many people I’d…

Attendee paradox

Statistics is hard. (Statistics are hard?) Grammar is hard.

Medium asked us to write three stories a day about XOXO, to capture the feel of the event. Today is day two, which means I’m three stories behind. Must do better.