What should we cover at South by Southwest?
I'm gearing up to fly out to Austin, Texas, Friday for the South by Southwest Interactive conference. It’s my first time at South By – plus my first time in Austin, a town I’ve wanted to visit for a...
View ArticleSXSW: Location, location, location
Location, location, location! They say it’s the three most important factors to consider when buying a home. Now perhaps it’s also the case when it comes to taking your social-networking prowess to...
View Article'Awkward Family Photos' book, more awkwardness, coming
The first time the creators of the humor blog Awkward Family Photos heard from one of their subjects, they were prepared to get an earful. They did, but not like they expected. “He said, ‘If you think...
View ArticleSXSW: Microsoft Surface, Flavors.me, FunMail and HuddleHub
The South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive festival, which is known for being one of the preeminent events for introducing tech innovations, began this weekend in Austin, Texas. More than 100...
View ArticleSXSW: Vote on ideas for a better digital future
Three people with cult followings online have been asked to choose ideas they think will change the way the Web works. And each is competing for a $50,000 prize to get that idea up and running. It is...
View ArticleSXSW: Finding great food, based on its location
Location is obviously a big theme at South by Southwest Interactive this year - that emerging-technology conference that's going on this weekend in Austin, Texas. Whether you’ve elected to use...
View ArticleAdvocate: Fast Internet must also be cheap
The National Broadband Plan, funded as part of the federal stimulus, does some good things, a citizen advocate said Sunday, but doesn’t appear to do enough to drive down high-speed Internet costs for...
View ArticleUnicorns win big at SXSW Web awards
Online “answer engine” Wolfram Alpha and Cornify – a site that helps you paint rainbows and unicorns all over your virtual world – took top honors at the South By Southwest Web Awards on Sunday....
View ArticleSXSW, where geeks feel like rock stars
South by Southwest is a BIG event. There are some 17,000 festivalgoers milling about downtown Austin’s convention center this week on their way to back-to-back-to-back conference sessions. With that...
View ArticleNo 'suits' allowed at SXSW
You see plenty of tech company founders and CEOs at South by Southwest Interactive in Austin, Texas – many of them building empires at the age of 20. But you don’t see very many "suits." In fact, the...
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