People in Texas have been hearing for years that Austin is the place in Texas for technology, but what about one of the top tech places to be in the country? The panel “Ditch the Valley, Run for the Hills” covered a healthy discussion of why people with start-ups in mind should look at Silicon […]
A huge crowd showed up for the live Diggnation at Stubbs. Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht greeted their throngs of tech fans and proceeded to the couch for some beer and news. What a party. It felt like a rock concert, and these guys are definitely rock stars of the tech world.
Politics, Technology, and Pop Culture, comprised of Lawrence Lessig of Stanford Law School, Alex Wellen, Deputy Political Director of Digital Content at CNNPolitics.com, Dan Patterson of ABC News, Tom Serres CEO of Piryx Inc, Amber Ettinger (Obama Girl) and Mark McKinnon Vice Chairman of Public Strategies Inc. McKinnon, commented on the earlier Republican […]
Creativity x Organization = Impact Scott Belsky, CEO of Behance speaks about the fact that most ideas never happen. “I strongly believe that great ideas don’t happen simply becuase they are great or by accident,” said Belsky. He believes this is mostly due to a lack of accountability, lack of leadership, disorganization and isolated networks […]
Steven Johnson, known best for his hyper-local community site outside.in, was a one-man show Friday at the panel “The Ecosystem of News.” His lecture, which was was full of very good analogies and metaphors regarding the news industry, began with reflection on how Johnson used to get his news on the Mac industry through the […]
Mairin Heard and Kristin McCasland, both grad students working on this project, are interviewing Dee Kapila of GirlStart.org. She was one of my students last year, and participated on our blog project. Now, she’s the head of a panel (that I will be on) taking place on Monday, Gaming as a Gateway Drug: Getting Girls […]