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Entries from February 2008

Congrats to Austin360 on Digital Edge Award

February 25th, 2008 · No Comments

The Statesman’s entertainment site, Austin360.com, won a Newspaper Association of America Digital Edge Award for Best Local Guide or Entertainment Site in its circulation category.
The Digital Edge Awards categories, part of the Media Innovation Awards, drew more than 200 entries from U.S. newspapers of all sizes. The volunteer team of judges, who are all [...]

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Tags: Austin · Digital · Media · Newspapers

My Podcast on the SXSW Interactive Home Page

February 25th, 2008 · No Comments

The podcast promoting my SXSW session — How Accessible Should Your Site Be? — is featured on today’s front page of the SXSW Interactive site.

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Tags: sxsw

Who’s Handling the Heisman?

February 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Over at the University of Texas, lots of folks.
First it was me:

Now it’s this guy:

Statesman photo by Kelly West

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Tags: Austin

Moby Helps Me Out for SXSW

February 18th, 2008 · No Comments

I recorded a podcast to help promote my upcoming session at South by Southwest Interactive, “How Accessible Should Your Site Be?“. Event organizers suggested that we put together a little preview to help promote our appearance.
I recorded my part, then discovered that Moby has offered several instrumental tracks at mobygratis.com for independent and non-profiit filmmakers [...]

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Tags: sxsw

Email of the Day: Longhorn Foundation

February 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Got this email today to remind me that my donation to the Longhorn Foundation is due. I’m looking forward to contributing to the “tradition of execllence”.

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Tags: Austin

Reivers Roundup

February 12th, 2008 · No Comments

A couple of additional reviews from this past weekend’s shows:

Austin360.com: Review: The Reivers at the Parish
KUT.org: Live on Music with Jay Trachtenberg
TheReivers.net: Setlists and photos
Spinning in a Miasma: Lots of posts, including this great video. Listen to the crowd sing along to “In Your Eyes”:

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Tags: Austin

Reivers Reunion Rocks

February 11th, 2008 · 6 Comments

The Reivers were one of Austin’s top bands in the mid-80s, packing clubs and turning out gorgeous songs. Last weekend, they played together for the first time in 16 years with a pair of special reunion shows.
And it was a reunion in the best sense of the word: happy, nostalgic, and heartfelt. Opening with “Ragamuffin [...]

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Tags: Austin

Fired Up About Steak

February 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Texas Monthly editor Evan Smith has found himself in the middle of quite the dust-up after pointing out that this month’s cover of Rhode Island Monthly magazine (”Steak”) bears a striking resemblance to the December 2007 issue of Texas Monthly (”Steak”).

Smith’s post has nearly 50 comments at this point, more than any other post in [...]

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Tags: Austin · Media