March 2015

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Fear and Creativity: Finding Your Craft

The Fear and Creativity: Finding Your Craft discussion began with the differences between a job and a craft. The panelists defined a job as something you do to pay rent. They defined a craft as a way of expressing yourself through your work that is meaningful, has a positive impact on something or someone. Two […]

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Sex & Tech Go Together Like Austin & Breakfast Tacos

“Sex and tech go together like Austin and breakfast tacos,” said BedPost Confessions Producer Julie Gillis in the show’s debut SXSW performance this afternoon. BedPost Confessions is a monthly Austin-based show where performers tell their true tales of sex and tech. In today’s mini show, though, the performers weren’t the only ones sharing their stories. Audience […]

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How Can We End Gamergate?

Can fandoms fix the gender gap in technology and computing fields? This was the question Jessica McDonald, CMO of SparkFun Electronics, asked at her Sunday SXSW Interactive panel of the same name. Fandoms are communities, often largely online, which come together in mutual admiration of various comics, anime and/or video games.  They may share fan-fiction, […]

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Living, Working & Playing in Space

Astronaut Reid Wiseman just got back from the Space Station on November 10th. He was living and working on the station for six months. The research that was done mainly focuses on the human body and preparing people for a mission to Mars. First and foremost these are people we send into space. The trip […]

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The Cosmos at SXSW

Yury Romanenko said “The Cosmos is a magnet… once you’ve been there, all you can think about is how to get back.” At SXSW, NASA has done its best to bring all the facets of the agency to the trade show, from space probes, telescopes, and new deep space adventures. The deepest look in to […]