In the past days at SXSWi I had the chance to attend several sessions on how technology is influencing the way we think about and achieve fitness. From designing footwear and apparel to coming up with new ways of driving motivation and commitment from consumers, technology is playing an increasingly important role in the fitness Read More...

I stopped by the trade show and was completely overwhelmed by the amount of stuff in there. There was a Germany aisle, an Australia aisle and a Japan aisle with Harijuku girls and kimono clad pushers of technology, I think. I mostly walked by all this stuff glazed eyes until I saw Isis. Isis Mobile Read More...

Today I saw 3D printing in action for the first time at the GE Garage set up at 4th and Guadalupe. Innovators hard at work They were giving a demo of the MakerBot Replicator which is a small home model of 3D printer. The MakerBot Replicator While we were there they were creating/printing a gear Read More...

The other day I was at a panel about the use of Trajan in movie posters. The schedule description made it sound niche, obscure and trivial. So of course I had to go. The presenter was a Belgium designer named Yves Peters (fontfeed.com). And he said something that has stuck with me. He said: “No Read More...

“Third coast born, that mean we’re Texas raised!” I admit it: I’m completely overwhelmed by SXSWi.  It’s really hard to take myself and what I do seriously when we sound like a bunch of self-important dillholes who have nothing better to do than pontificate the latest widget, the greatest blah blah blah.  I’ve had many Read More...

One of the undeniable hot topics at SXSW Interactive this year is the mobile wallet.  No wallet, no problem…courtesy of NFC (near-field communication) technology.  Until SXSW I’ve had a singular view of how NFC actually works, not from a technology perspective, but from the value it gives consumers beyond the purely transactional aspect of the quick and Read More...

  We are in an era of ‘big data.’  IBM declared “2012 is the year of analytics.” This is something I heard more than once across a few sessions.  The issue was best articulated in a presentation called “Rethinking How to Communicate Science,” presented by Laura Hermann, SVP of the Potomac Communications Group. No, don’t Read More...

Playing games is hardwired into every individual at birth. The simple act of shaking keys lacks any rules or goal, but it’s a deeply engaging game for most toddlers. As we get older, our games get more complex but while computers have allowed for extremely complex games, they really haven’t changed “gaming” all that much. Read More...

Just got a demo of Google Schemer. Looks like a cool way to find things to do, save them, compare to friends and do stuff in real life. It’s one of many examples of virtual leading to actual. I think that’ll be the next big push in digital and why mobile is so key. I’d Read More...

Until this weekend, the words technology and kitchen were mutually exclusive to me. Now, I don’t mean technology in relation to a fridge or a dishwasher. I am talking about a phone or tablet and the integration of these devices into the process of choosing a dish to make for dinner, or trying to complete Read More...