SXSW: The Kissing Bandit
I caught up with San Francisco blogger Min Jung Kim here in Austin, and had a chance to talk to her about her life as the Kissing Bandit. Dan Fost/The Chronicle Min Jung Kim and her tools: the camera,...
View ArticleSXSW: On the Radar
A lot of folks want to know what the next phase of the Internet will be. Some people think it will be the so-called “semantic Web,” a way in which the computers get even more intelligent and understand...
View ArticleSXSW: Random notes
TWITTER ME THIS: Talk about your meta-moments, but there’s a lot of press interviewing press at SXSW this year. I had one of those moments today when I interviewed Dan Rather after his keynote speech....
View ArticleSXSW: What Would Jesus Buy?
Rev. Billy — Bill Talen in real life — is a man who went on a crusade to get people to stop shopping one Christmas. The story of Rev. Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Now is told in the new movie,...
View ArticleSXSW: Blurb my panel
It seemed almost anachronistic that at a conference so full of technological wonder, a panel discussion was held on the future of book publishing. Dan Fost/The Chronicle Panelists, left to right:...
View ArticleSXSW: The four-hour workweek
Employers are not going to want their workers to hear this, but according to Timothy Ferriss of San Jose, you only need to work about four hours a week. Dan Fost/The Chronicle Timothy Ferriss Ferriss,...
View ArticleSXSW: So long, geeks
Bruce Sterling gave the interactive conference his annual rant Tuesday, a sendoff that he delivers each year, although the Austin science fiction author no longer has a big party at his house, as he...
View ArticleSXSW: Henry Jenkins is God
At least, the estimable Danah Boyd, who conducted a conversation with MIT professor and author Henry Jenkins before a packed room at South by Southwest, deified Jenkins for his stream of insightful...
View ArticleSXSW: Catching up
I survived the South by Southwest Interactive Festival this year, and even stayed for some of the music. But the sensory overload has my mind churning out what my colleague Scott Ostler calls “deep...
View ArticleSXSW: Snocapping it off
One thing was apparent at South by Southwest this year: Even though the interactive festival ended and then the music festival began, the two are growing more and more intertwined than ever. (And the...
View ArticleSXSW starts Friday: Silicon Valley takes the party to Austin
Silicon Valley hopefuls are heading to Austin, Texas tomorrow for what’s been dubbed the “spring break for geeks.” In past years, the tech and entertainment gathering has helped launch tech darlings...
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