• Steve Jobs, Dead at 56

    Steve Jobs, Dead at 56

    Steve Jobs died Wednesday evening after a long battle with Pancreatic Cancer. He was 56. Since Wednesday evening, the Apple website has featured a photo of Jobs, clad of-course in his trademark black turtleneck and glasses, a Mona Lisa smile ...

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    Photo of the Week: Get Bent! Circuit Bending Workshop

    Participants at the New Media Art and Sound Summit modify interactive toys and learn about circuit bending theory in this fun, hands on Introduction to Circuit Bending Workshop put on by non-profit, volunteer run community arts organization Church of the ...

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  • To Do The Impossible – Reflections at the End of the Shuttle Program

    To Do The Impossible - Reflections at the End of the Shuttle Program

    "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth." These words, spoken fifty years ago by President John F. ...

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National Video Game Day, July 8th, 2011

Tech

National Video Game Day, July 8th, 201...

Friday, July 8th, was National Video Game Day - a celebration of one of the world's favorite hobbies. KUT's tech staff is comprised of avid gamers with varied tastes and on any given moment of any given day, we often find ourselves having deep discussions about the games we're playing. We're sort...
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Photo of the Week: Queerbomb

100 Internets, Tech

Photo of the Week: Queerbomb

Marching Band Minor Mishap photographed under the I-35 overpass on 6th street in downtown Austin during the Queerbomb Parade. Shot with a Canon s95. Queerbomb took place on June 3rd, 2011 with a kick-off rally at the East Side Drive-In featuring...
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What happens when Wikipedia isn’t enough?

SXSW 2011, SXSW Interactive

What happens when Wikipedia isn’t en...

Last week I had the distinct pleasure of serving on a SXSW Interactive panel—moderated by KUT’s own Dee Kapila—with two brilliant leaders in the world of non-profit technology. Phoebe Ayers from the Wikimedia Foundation...
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Social Media For The Social Good

News, SXSW 2011, SXSW Interactive, SXSW News

Social Media For The Social Good

Non-profits are using tools like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Foursquare to grow their base of support. ...
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Lessons Learned From the Arab Spring Revolutions

SXSW 2011, SXSW Interactive

Lessons Learned From the Arab Spring R...

The first presentation I attended at SXSW was an analysis of the Arab spring revolutions by panelists Azmat Khan, Habib Haddad, Katherine Maher, Russell Dubner, Susannah Vila, a…...
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The Inside Workings of funnyordie.com

SXSW Interactive

The Inside Workings of funnyordie.com

If you had 30 million page views a month, a deal with HBO for a weekly series and plans to start making movies, one would assume you had it all figured out.  For funnyordie.com CEO D…...
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Photo of the Week: Get Bent! Circuit Bending Workshop

100 Internets, Tech

Photo of the Week: Get Bent! Circuit B...

Participants at the New Media Art and Sound Summit modify interactive toys and learn about circuit bending theory in this fun, hands on Introduction to Circuit Bending Workshop put on by non-profit, volunteer run community arts organization » read more
To Do The Impossible – Reflections at the End of the Shuttle Program

Tech

To Do The Impossible – Reflectio...

"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth." » read more
Is Free Beer Enough To Win On the SXSW Trade Show Floor?

News, SXSW 2011, SXSW Interactive, SXSW News

Is Free Beer Enough To Win On the SXSW...

Free beer and cotton candy are among the enticements to lure people to trade show booths, but once that traffic is built, is the message getting across? ...
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Railroads, Radio and The Internet

SXSW 2011, SXSW Interactive

Railroads, Radio and The Internet

Telecommunications policy isn't flashy. It's, not particularly dramatic, and doesn't get much coverage in the press. Many people are not even aware of telecommunications policy, believing it to be the stuff of back rooms in Washington. This view is mostly correct, but there are few issues with as...
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Future of Context: Getting the Bigger Picture Online

SXSW Interactive

Future of Context: Getting the Bigger ...

Jay Rosen, Matt Thompson and Tristan Harris discuss the concept of context as it relates to journalism in the new media landscape. This American Life is a radio program produced by…...
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Online News of Tomorrow

SXSW Interactive

Online News of Tomorrow

By: Jim Reese This panel was also high on my anticipation list for SXSW ’10.  A star-studded panel of Adrian Holovaty, Andrew Huff, Brad Flora, Jeff Jarvis, and Jeremy Zila…...
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