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FOMO: Fear of missing out
Or: I didn’t see everything and that’s OK
Doug Hanke
Sep 14, 2015
XOXO: Livesketches from Lucy Bellwood!
XOXO: Livesketches from Lucy Bellwood!
Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending Portland’s XOXO, an independent arts and technology festival run by Andy McMillan and Andy…
Lucy Bellwood
Sep 12, 2015
Let’s all cry at conferences
Virginia Roberts
Sep 14, 2015
Gate on time
Eric Meyer and Anita Sarkeesian discuss designing the future.
Jamie Talbot
Sep 13, 2015
All alone, together
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 — a group of…
Andy Baio
Sep 1, 2015
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…
Ariana Osborne
Sep 1, 2015
The Fray Cafe Story Story
The following is paraphrased.
Zoe Landon
Sep 12, 2015
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Post-XOXO Checklist
Post-XOXO Checklist
There’s a lot to process after any conference, particularly one as involving as XOXO. Taking the advice in this list, here is my list of…
Doug Hanke
Sep 21, 2015
XOXO and the Respect Economy
The Dream of the Nineties is Alive in Portland
kelly kend
Sep 16, 2015
The Excited Stoic
Derek Wyatt is one of my mentors/motivators when it comes to doing business things. A while back, when I was really struggling for…
Zoe Landon
Sep 14, 2015
Too much, not enough
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 2015 is over…
Josh Millard
Sep 14, 2015
XOXO
XOXO Fest recap
Brook Shelley
Sep 14, 2015
Death, Aliveness, & XOXO 2015
Death, Aliveness, & XOXO 2015
September 10th–13th, Portland OR
Buster Benson
Sep 14, 2015
Day 1:
Day 1:
Today, with tears streaming down my cheeks, I looked into the tear-filled eyes of the stranger standing to my left and told her that I was…
Ayla Rose Gilbert
Sep 13, 2015
Cold brew indeed.
We crowded in borrowed sweatshirts over board games and picnic tables, aching for a campfire, with local beer and faraway dreams, braced…
Daniel McCartney
Sep 13, 2015
When “The Internet” Really Means “My Internet.”
When “The Internet” Really Means “My Internet.”
I learned a lot at my first XOXO, but the key realization was about my own biases.
Fern Diaz
Sep 13, 2015
Six Saturday Scoops from XOXO
Day two got silly, serious, and soothing.
Bobbie Johnson
Sep 13, 2015
After a gut-wrenching day of presentations, Kirby Ferguson came onto the XOXO stage last night to…
Ferguson described himself as fundamentally a researcher; but his films achieve much more than merely sharing his research. They make a…
Daniel McCartney
Sep 13, 2015
Alex Blumberg lets it all hang out.
Alex Blumberg lets it all hang out.
Bobbie Johnson
Sep 12, 2015
Attendee paradox
Statistics is hard. (Statistics are hard?) Grammar is hard.
Jamie Talbot
Sep 12, 2015
Five Friday Facts from XOXO
Five Friday Facts from XOXO
Day one was full of sky-high temperatures, super sodas and crazy dancing.
Bobbie Johnson
Sep 12, 2015
XOXO ’15
Last night I boarded a Southwest flight to Portland. I was seated in between two dudes: one was “devastated” because the flight didn’t have…
Anton Kovalyov
Sep 11, 2015
‘Is this the short line for cold brew?’
Secrets of XOXO are beginning to be revealed. Half of the Medium gang is here in the park waiting for the opening remarks, angling to jump…
Evan Hansen
Sep 11, 2015
Looking forward, looking back
Looking forward, looking back
In which I return to XOXO with keen anticipation, and PHP, with horror.
Jamie Talbot
Sep 10, 2015
Why I Love XOXO, or, “Don’t Cry, Organize”
Tomorrow I’m headed back to Portland, Oregon, to attend XOXO. (I’ve been looking forward to this year’s conference since the last day of…
Erin McKean
Sep 8, 2015
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…
Ariana Osborne
Sep 7, 2015
If a tree falls and I can’t send a link to it.
What have I done?
tyesha snow
Sep 3, 2015
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