Tag Archives: SxSW

Austin Airport for SxSW

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Go Miss Your Flight, Because You Need A Time Machine

There’s kind of a trend for writing and talking about how great events used to be, because the only thing cooler than being at an event is being in the middle of things while being unimpressed by it. Like being … Continue reading

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Failing The Turing Test

  A copy-paste of my chat with Delta Airlines It went on like that for a while, while I tried to handle my frustration by imagining the conversation as a moment in text-based Adventure, trying endless variations on Open door … Continue reading

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Dickwolves, Still

After Dickwolves, I decided not to attend PAX. This is not an idle decision, or a ragequitting of a fairly underwhelming webcomic. I’m a freelance games writer who regularly covers E3, SXSW, GDC, Casual Connect, IndieCade, TechCrunch Disrupt, East Coast … Continue reading

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New, Long-Lasting Hold

When I first moved to New York (Well, I was actually moving to Scep and Katie’s study, but now that you know that all my exciting LA adventures involve me staying in the murder hotel, I guess “moving to my … Continue reading

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Author, Publisher, Entrepeneur

APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur-How to Publish a Book is  Guy Kawasaki’s new self-published ebook on, well, self-publishing and ebooks. The book opens with a short narrative about Kawasaki requesting 500 ebook copies of Enchantment from a traditional publisher, who was unable to … Continue reading

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Continuity Issues

“Remember when you were at SxSW, and I got comics without you, and you were disappointed* that I didn’t wait for you?”  Harold asked on the phone the other night. “What would you think if I didn’t wait until you’re … Continue reading

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Deep Sea

When I was in Austin for SxSW, I got the chance to check outsome amazing indie games at Screenburn, and I wrote up my reaction to Deep Sea, over at Indie Game Mag: Deep Sea, Robin Arnott’s terrifying sound-based undersea … Continue reading

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Persona Project

via Persona The CNN photo project at SxSW invited people to take a picture and show what they’re carrying, creating a snapshot of a SxSW day. My essentials are headphones, friends’ business cards, Allison’s house keys (on a Five College … Continue reading

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Look Like Rockstar!

    look like rockstar, by Simpson’s Paradox   A rock star with a fondness for tea and computer games, but still!

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