By Caitlin Moore When Larry Smith and Tim Barkow started SMITH Magazine in 2006, their intention was to create a place where personal narrative could flourish and be shared online. This initial idea led to several successful developments, including the Six-Word Memoir story project. Here, anyone and everyone is encouraged to express themselves in the […]

By Carly Smith Eric Kogelschatz first learned about neuromarketing while attending graduate school at Michigan State University. After reading the NYTimes article “There’s a Sucker Born in Every Medial Prefrontal Cortex” and watching the PBS program “Frontline: The Persuaders” Kogelschatz’s ideas about advertising changed. “From my perspective, the institution of advertising is defined as the […]

By Bonnye Hart Do you want to retrofit your oven to bake pizza’s at 900 degrees? Would you trick out your Brita filter for better vodka? Do the words methylcellulose, maltodextrin, or meat glue make you giddy? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may have a new hobby called food hacking. […]

By Roberta Flores What we know as the blogosphere is starting to change. Maurice Cherry of 3eighteen media might say it’s becoming bigger, better and blacker. While past panels at SXSW (like “Blogging While Black” and “Digital Urbanites”) have shown that Black bloggers and bloggers of color are becoming more prominent and well-known in the […]

By Robert Hill As a self proclaimed “message board veteran,” I felt Kate Miltner’s panel was not only interesting but actually in my wheelhouse. I am a big sports fan and as such I have been known to banter with the fanatics of opposing teams as well as my own from time to time. In […]

By Eric Morales Karen Rayne is a professor that teaches and explores a subject that might make most people blush. You guessed it: Dr. Rayne talks about sex. However, she doesn’t just talk about sex, she talks about talking about sex. In other words, Dr. Rayne tries to help people become comfortable talking about sex, […]