Every year, South by Southwest Interactive changes for me. When I first started coming in the mid-1990s, I wrote about music and stumbled upon technology. By 1998, I’d largely abandoned the music conference for what we now call Interactive. I … Continue reading
Greetings People of Earth: A few years ago, I wrote my first South by Southwest Guide to Surviving the Nerdpocalypse, which included this handy Things To Do map of Austin. In just a few days, the post became the most … Continue reading
Christmas 1995, I left Cincinnati and set about my adventure into the real world. I had $2,000, no job, and no place to live. That seemed about right. I was down to my last $5 when I got two jobs … Continue reading
Today was a good day. It’s 3 a.m. and I just put down the paint brush for the night. I spent the last four hours caulking and painting the new trim in my home, and painting three doors. I didn’t … Continue reading
I met this dude in 1996, the year I rolled into Austin. We worked together at Trudy’s. We also became best friends over a bottle of Jameson’s Irish Whiskey while discussing how we’d ended up in Austin. The short story: … Continue reading
There’s simply too much to explain about this place. But nearly everything of interest that happened to me in Austin – and by that I mean nearly everything I will ever commit to the page in this forum – happened … Continue reading
I’m a creature of habit. I enjoy the places I enjoy and rarely spend time exploring new places. I’ve been like this since I can remember. I can’t conceive of a time that will change. Still, there are nights I … Continue reading
There is no place on the Earth where I am happier and healthier than Austin. This is not news. I’ve long enjoyed my life and times in this city. Leaving is the most painful thing I do. In some measure … Continue reading
So I won’t often post from my phone, but the point is I can. Sometimes that is good enough.
Last year, John and Aimee took me to a little bakery in Prague where I scarfed down some of the best chocolate cake ever. When I travel, chocolate is what I’m most interested in finding. This is no different in … Continue reading
