Battledecks II, Improv PowerPoint Karaoke at SXSW
This year the legendary Battledecks returned to SXSW Interactive 2008 for Battledecks II, which took place on Friday, March 7th and featured several speakers giving…
Scientology Responds to Anonymous As 2nd Global Protest Nears
Beginning in January a group calling itself Anonymous began an online campaign against the Church of Scientology (know as Project Chanology), leading to a global…
Explore Space With Google Sky, Mars and Moon
Yesterday Google released their new Google Sky service, an interstellar companion to Google Earth. Google Sky was coded by Diego Gavinowich of Buenos Aires along…
A Quick Way To See If a Website Is Down For Everyone or Just You
“Down for everyone or just me?” is a great little website created by Twitter developer Alex Payne that helps you check to see if a…
Spy Hunter Tribute In Pontiac G8 Commercial
Pontiac’s commercial for their new G8 is a wonderful tribute to the classic Bally Midway arcade game “Spy Hunter”, one of my all time favorites.
Tributes To Gary Gygax & Dungeons & Dragons
Gary Gygax, the beloved co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, passed away on March 4th and many tributes have been made in his honor. Here are…
The SkyWalker TallBike, A 12‘ High Bicycle by Atomic Zombie
Atomic Zombie has a great Instructables write-up on their SkyWalker TallBike Project, a 12‘ high bicycle with a fame that is easy to climb while…
SXSW Interactive 2008 Sketchnotes by Mike Rohde
Wow, check out the 34 pages of fantastic SXSW Interactive 2008 Sketchnotes made by Mike Rohde in his Moleskine sketchbook during the conference.
Gary Vaynerchuk’s Wine Library TV SXSW Meetup at Cork & Co.
Gary Vaynerchuk, co-owner of the online wine resource Wine Library and the host of the excellent video blog Wine Library TV, is a true force…
Fortune On The Increasing Role of Social Media at Conferences
Dan Fost wrote an interesting article for Fortune “Welcome to Conference 2.0”, about SXSW Interactive 2008 outlining how social media, specifically services like Twitter, is…