As I left the final session at SXSW Interactive I ran into a woman who was about my age from San Francisco. She clearly had been crying and was somewhere in the range between panic and shock. SXSWi can have… (READ MORE)
For all of the anticipation surrounding Edward Snowden’s virtual appearance at SXSW Interactive the central theme of the session was simple: Those gathered for SXSWi can create a way forward for an open, private and secure Internet. No further revelations… (READ MORE)
SXSW Interactive is known as the platform for pitching new ideas and exploring innovative technologies. Despite the heavy emphasis on privacy and security at this year’s conference, the developers and tech startups were out in force. Secret is a new… (READ MORE)
In my review of last year’s SXSW themes (“Restraint”) I raised the question as to whether the party that has been our experience of the Internet since its beginnings is over. Based on what I heard on Day 2 of… (READ MORE)
I was so bitter about Arcade Fire being overlooked (snubbed?) by the Grammys (and, truth be told, life got crazy busy) that I never completely finished my series on Reflektor. I will get back to that last, important word on… (READ MORE)