In today’s world, not much can get in the way of communicating with one another — unless, of course, it’s the poor connection to WiFi. With many people now having easy access to media, however, society seems to be growing more disconnected.
Over the course of the past several weeks, I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael McDonald, Ph.D., of the University of Florida. McDonald is a professor of political science and will be a panelist at the Fighting Gerrymandering in 2021 panel along with Michael Li (Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law). I […]
This year’s video projects team, Megan Boyle and Paloma Gray, featured SXTXState project highlights in their recap video.
Wow, SXSW was a blur of activity once again. I spent 11 days in the Convention Center, starting on March 7 with my talk on Is Your Curriculum Digital Enough?, going through Interactive with these fantastic students and wrapping things up with some Music panels and shows. Here are a few of the main takeaways […]
South by Southwest was an incredible experience, and I’m really glad to have participated. Before the program, I didn’t quite know what to expect at SXSW Interactive, but I knew there would be many interesting speakers. Students who participated in the program last year said it was an incredible experience, and I knew I wanted […]
After attending the Music and Film festivals at SXSW for numerous years, I was very excited to participate in the Interactive festival.
Until last week, never before had I known the world of a tech conference-goer, a mobile journalist, or a FOMO-stricken food truck-dieting nerd. It was a multitude of sensory-overload experiences, and unlike any virginity-losing story I’ve ever heard, I just want to go back and do it all over again. Naturally, I made some decisions […]