2019

Recap: The Times, They Are A-Changin'

Although the 2020 election is still 20 months away, there was a fervor about the next presidential election that overran SXSW. The theme that ran throughout SXSW was change. A change not only in politics, but a change in tech as well. For two days at the ACL Theater, the Texas Tribune and SXSW partnered […]

Recap: Connecting Digitally to Sports Fans

As a graduate student, trying to figure out what I want to do after school is always on my mind. Luckily, I had the opportunity to attend SXSW, one of the greatest networking events of all time. I was extremely excited to take advantage of all the great opportunities that SXSW would allow me to […]

Leading up to March I’d heard things from classmates/professors from, “it’s going to be insane!” to “it will change your life”—they were talking about South by Southwest of course.  For me, I can confirm that it was quite a bit of both.  With my phone in hand and the “favorites” tab open on the SXSW […]

Recap: Change Begins with Us

I’ll be honest, I have actually attended (in the loosest sense of the term) SXSW a few years ago. It was enjoyable back then, but was merely a smaller piece of the grander experience I had the honor to partake in this year. There was so much to attend and experiment with, and having the […]

You soon may be able to have your very own personal aerial vehicle that can take where you want to go. This may seem like a far-out idea, but it is actually closer to becoming a reality than you may think. And no, you do not have to a pilot to people to control it. […]

Recreation.gov: A Digital Citizen Story

Earlier, I recounted that it took me a while to pinpoint Booz Allen Hamilton’s location at the SXSW week-and-a-half long event. Upon finding the establishment in the Omni Hotel, I was able to peruse the collection of displays that they had (ranging from environmental sensitive technology to motion sensor television), and even snagged an interview […]