Category: SXSW

Six days of presentations and debauchery in the alt heart of Texas.

  • Hate and Love

    Hate and Love

    Left, Mike Monteiro. Right, yours sincerely. Captured at SXSW by Scott Beale. (My SXSW photos. Scott’s SXSW photos.)

  • A SXSW Story

    A SXSW Story

    One of the things about SXSW Interactive is that you are constantly meeting new people. One day at breakfast, I was introduced to a friend of a friend, who said: “Your book is dangerous.” “That’s…

  • Photos from SXSW

    Photos from SXSW

    SXSW 2010: A photo set on Flickr (in progress). The festival began this afternoon at 2:00 PM Central. Lots more photos will appear over the next few days.

  • My SXSW

    My SXSW

    It’s that time again. Spring and pheromones are in the air, and 11,000 web geeks are about to descend on beauteous Austin, TX for our industry’s version of the TED Conference plus Spring Break, SXSW…

  • True Self

    True Self

    Happy Cog’aoke 2 / Lesson Four: ‘Over the Top’ from Happy Cog on Vimeo. See all the videos on OK! Happy Cog’aoke, and join us in Austin for the best party of SXSW.

  • Multiple Partners

    Multiple Partners

    Happy Cog’aoke 2 / Lesson Three: Multiple Partners from Happy Cog on Vimeo. See all the videos on OK! Happy Cog’aoke, and join us in Austin for the best party of SXSW.

  • Zeldman on Publishing

    Zeldman on Publishing

    P Is for Publishing. And publishing, as you’ve heard, is dying. … But “the printed word will be around long after many of our digital creations are gone,” Zeldman says, “either because books don’t require…

  • Books Not Dead

    Books Not Dead

    Headed to SXSW Interactive? Concerned about the future of books, magazines, and websites? Attend “New Publishing and Web Content,” a panel I’m hosting on the creative, strategic, and marketing challenges of traditional and new (internet…

  • Cog’aoke is coming. Again.

    Cog’aoke is coming. Again.

    It’s the return of Cog’aoke. Video: Ian Corey.

  • Cogs at South-by

    Cogs at South-by

    With over 2,000 proposed panels from which a mere 300 will be culled, there’s no shortage of content for next year’s SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, TX. Panels featuring Happy Cog personnel include the juicy…

  • Click My Lit Panel

    Click My Lit Panel

    In “New Publishing and Web Content,” a SXSW Interactive Panel, I will lead publisher and entrepreneur Lisa Holton, creative director and designer Mandy Brown, novelist and Harper’s editor (plus big web geek) Paul Ford, and…

  • Flying North

    Flying North

    I was in the Austin airport, looking for my gate, when a raspy voice rang out.

  • Pick a Panel

    Pick a Panel

    The SXSW panel picker launched today. SXSW Interactive is probably the world’s biggest web shebang, and the panel picker is how the festival begins winnowing out which panels, out of hundreds submitted, will actually be…

  • SXSW Parents Cooperatives

    SXSW Parents Cooperatives

    Attending a two-day educational conference without your kids is not a huge deal, but SXSW lasts a week. The choices are not good: See the whole show but miss your kids for a week? Bring…

  • Podcast news

    Podcast news

    The first video podcasts from SXSW.