XOXO 2015

XOXO and the Respect Economy

The Dream of the Nineties is Alive in Portland

This is my third time attending XOXO. The first time was hugely significant to me on a personal level. The second was really significant on a professional level. This time, I…

Alex Blumberg lets it all hang out. Not literally (which is gross) but metaphorically (which is not gross). He’s the co-founder of Gimlet Media — a podcast factory that essentially…

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:

Too much, not enough

It’s half past seven on Monday morning when I’m starting to type this, and I’ve slept poorly and not long enough, and XOXO…

Cold brew indeed. The weekend of storytelling wound to a close tonight with a cool farewell breeze under an Oregon sky.

We crowded in borrowed sweatshirts over board games and picnic tables, aching for a campfire, with local beer and faraway dreams, braced against a surprise chill, clinging to the warm glow of a weekend that…

FOMO: Fear of missing out

Or: I didn’t see everything and that’s OK

There are several common catchphrases from XOXO. The unofficial motto for the conference is “Lower your expectations,” which featured prominently on the sign welcoming everyone to the…