Tuesday

The Film Community Insiders

The Alamo Drafthouse is the most culturally branded theater in the country. This film community has allowed the Drafthouse to expand their vision well past Austin, with theaters in Kansas City, New York, and Virginia to name a few. At SXSW, Tim League CEO of the Alamo Drafthouse and Drafthouse Films got together with Eric […]

Takei's Take: George Takei at SXSW

Social media is like the Star Trek metaphor, it unites humanity. That’s how actor and activist George Takei sees the future, and he should know, he played Hikaru Sulu in the original series of Star Trek. Takei spoke at SXSW about a range of topics. He talked about the internment camp he and his family […]

Turn Texas Blue

At 5 p.m. on the last day of SXSWi, one wouldn’t expect to find a lively panel full of people, all ready to talk, discuss, and share stories, but that was exactly what happened in Can Stories Turn Texas Blue? Digital Media And HB2. Jessica Luther and Julie Gillis were two of the hundreds of […]

SXTXState Last Day Recap

We’re pretty exhausted so I think we’re happy to go home tonight. But, it is bittersweet because SXSW was filled with new experiences every day. (And as we learned in one panel, new experiences make it seem like you’ve lived longer.) Be sure to check our coverage from this week!

Hacking Food through 3D Printing

Soon you’ll be able to print and customize your own Oreo through a vending machine-like 3D printer. This is what Bonin Bough, vice president of Global Media and Consumer Engagement at Mondelez International, calls “hacking food,” hacking meaning “breaking things to create value.” Bough explained the revolution of food. Society went from being hunters and […]

Visual Bites: Culinary on the Web

Christian Remde – a food videographer in Austin, Alex Kakoyiannis who works for a culinary agency, Sara Roberton, Creative Director at KLRU TV and Aaron Franklin, owner of the infamous Franklin BBQ all came together to discuss the popularity of culinary on the web. How did culinary become a hot topic on the web? documentaries […]