Chelsea Francis is an editorial photographer in Austin, Texas. She also specializes in portraits and brand building. Above all, she loves connecting people. She even coined the term “connector” to include on her website Her background is in marketing and PR, and Francis loves to integrate that with her photography skills. During SXSW, she is […]
Hassan Pierre is an entrepreneur and the co-founder of MAISON-DE-MODE, a hybrid luxury ethical fashion retailer.
Angular is one of the most useful frontend web frameworks for building dynamic websites and applications. On March 12, those interested in learning how to use Angular will have a chance to right at SXSW Interactive. Daniel Zen and Manon Métais of Zen.Digital will host the workshop, Angular: Hands-On Application Development, from 9:30 a.m. to […]
Christa Stout is a local from Portland who spent about ten years away before coming home to work for the Portland Timbers. While she was away, she worked in the nonprofit sector doing sport and social change work in various places like Central and South America, South Africa, Australia, and Eastern Europe. While in school, […]
Making a case for removable batteries During my time at SXSW, I had no better partner than my smartphone, a trusty LG G4. I described my smartphone as “my everything.” The reason being of course that I relied on it for note-taking, photos, social media, messaging, and, most importantly, navigation. As you can imagine, my consistent […]
SXSW 2017 was a whirlwind. From the moment I applied to the class, to the conference, to writing the post and all the tacos in between, I didn’t expect it to fly by so fast. When I started at Texas State University in 2012, I was a Communication Design major and was set on graduating […]
Now comes the time at the end of SXSW where I try to summarize the past two weeks of inspiration, insanity and exhaustion. There are so many high points, it’s hard to focus on just a few, and I am sure that clarity will emerge more over time. First of all, having graduate students be […]