Darden Smith at Austin Forum, where music and tech flood the Austin zone with…

Darden Smith at the Austin Forum on Austin Music: Music and Tech — the Perfect Storm. (Texas State Theatre). The perfect storm: high costs and low revenue Darden Smith kicked off the Austin Forum playing some righteous tunes, strumming his beat-up guitar, embracing us in his Sweet Lovin’ Arms. Austin at its finest. Smith said… Read More Darden Smith at Austin Forum, where music and tech flood the Austin zone with…

Healthcare: broken promises, broken state, broken healthcare system

Michael Burgess  Garnet Coleman  Sarah Davis  Kyle Janek  Charles Schwertner  Charles Ornstein (mod.)  (Update: This panel was packed and during the open questions section, the audience was extremely energized over the issues, going from laud applause to outright boos to panelists who were opposed to the Affordable Care Act. One audience member added that he was surprised that even… Read More Healthcare: broken promises, broken state, broken healthcare system

It’s alive! (responsible journalism). But newspapers are history.

“Craigslist” Craig Newmark, Poynter Kelly McBride on responsible journalism, at the 2013 South by Southwest Interactive 2013 in Austin Texas “If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh – or they may kill you – Oscar Wilde. (Quoted by Craig Newmark at SxSW interactive 2013) New standards of journalism in a new… Read More It’s alive! (responsible journalism). But newspapers are history.

Brain hacking with the smartest guys in the room

whurley (William Hurley), co-founder, Chaotic Moon; Kevin Leahy, founder, Knowledge Advocate, LLC; and Russell Poldrack, PhD, director of the Imaging Research Center, UT Austin, discuss brain-altering software and human evolution at the Austin Forum in the fall of 2013. “Our brains: the organ pipes of the infinite” — William James, “The Knowing of Things Together” Three concepts; past.… Read More Brain hacking with the smartest guys in the room

Rock star: Chicxulub, the 65 million year old crater that rocked the world

Chicxulub rocked the world Austin Forum hosted Dr. Sean Gulick who has been studying the region of the Chicxulub crater, which was created when a gigantic meteor rocketed down from the sky and plummeted into the ocean near the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico 65.5 million years ago. After contemplating the damage done by this massive space rock, you don’t… Read More Rock star: Chicxulub, the 65 million year old crater that rocked the world