I’m sitting in a darkened theater watching a comedy show. The room seats 90 people. It’s a late show, and I only stayed out because there’s a writer from The Daily Show performing. Then the host comes out and says, “We have a very special guest with us tonight…Mr. Judd Apatow.” That’s right, the director […]
Today Astro Teller talked about how to shoot for the metaphorical moon by failing up. “I fear thoughts that fear technology. You have to approach the changing world with knowledge and confidence, not fear.” Teller talked about bringing the internet to the world with balloons designed to fail… … and self driving cars that learn […]
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Edward Snowden spoke at SXSW over a very choppy video feed, but it wasn’t the fault of technology, his signal was bouncing over seven proxies in order to keep him safe. The thirty year old is currently living in Russia after he made public classified documents about NSA spying programs last summer. Ben Wizner and […]
Neil deGrasse Tyson launches his new series Cosmos Sunday night. The President of the United States is introducing it. The man is as close to a science rockstar as you can get. He packed a record number of people into Exhibit Hall 5 for his keynote presentation. There were high expectations coming into his keynote. […]