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South by Southwest holds a special place in my heart.

The river of life is twisting, unexpected and wild.

Well, it’s official. After nearly five years of freelance web design, I’ve been recruited to join the staff of Rainbow Media (Rainbow owns several large entertainment brands like AMC, IFC Films, WEtv and the Sundance Channel). Starting March 8th,...

Arguably one of the more interesting panels here at SXSW, A Critical Look at OpenID gave people the chance to ask a lot of question that as a non-developer I found relevant. The panel opened with a helpful comparison of...

I really wanted to see Anil’s presentation on Designing for Freedom. I had heard that Mark Zuckerberg’s speaking skills were lacking, and Anil had recently won Battle Decks. But since my wife has been a Facebook junkie since it’s near-inception,...

Kick ‘08 The day started out well with Kick ‘08. (It didn’t hurt that we crashed early the night before.) About 150 people showed up in Palm Park, and almost everyone played. True to Anil’s word, no one was picked...

We started off the conference several hours late, so there’s not a whole lot to talk about so far. I’ll just make a few observations: Texas is not as warm as you think. Bring a jacket next time. WAFFLEHOUSE! With...