Austin

Preview: The Power Of Failure: The Hidden Side Of Success

Everyone wants to be successful. We all have our different versions of success, financial, emotional, or physical. And we all have our role models for whom we identify what success is. We try and emulate them to achieve that success. But what if you had the opportunity to meet your role model of success and […]

SXTXState Interview with Bob Metcalfe at SXSW 2012

Internet pioneer, Ethernet inventor, entrepreneur, and now UT professor, Bob Metcalfe, entertained SXSW attendees for an hour with his newest goal of trying to “make Austin a better Silicon Valley” through his “One Semester Startup” course at the University of Texas.

Can Gaming Make the World Better?

To kick off this Sunday morning of SXSWi, all those with altruist concerns congregated for the enlightening panel called “Can Gaming Make the World a Better Place?”. This panel was a must-see for I feel a strong, magnanimous aclivity for any person or organization working to improve the world and not just their bank accounts. […]

Five Activists Panels You Don't Want to Miss!

Over the last quarter of the 20th Century, technology evolved at an astonishing rate.  With the advent of the internet, the cellphone and the ever decreasing size of computers, people began using technology for more than just games and business. In the first 10 years of the 21st Century we saw cellphones go from clunky […]

On the final day of this year’s SXSWi I sat down for a quick chat with Rodney Gibbs from Fizz Factor, which is located in the heart of Austin.  Gibbs moderated a panel called From Framing Shots to Pushing Pixels: Crossing Between Film and Video Games, which I had personally been looking forward to for […]