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It is not mere exaggeration when you hear people say that South by Southwest (SXSW) is one crazy festival. Last year was our first time attending so we felt the need to read as many articles on how...
Ever wondered who created the offbeat set design for Pee-wee's Playhouse or the cool artwork for Smashing Pumpkin's "Tonight, Tonight" music video? We did. That's why we went to the premiere of...
The Palmer Events Centre exuded nerd cool last night at the SXSW Interactive opening party. The event was staged outdoors with trans/electro-rave music, as well as live, interactive gaming stations,...
There are 132 feature films playing in the film portion of SXSW, 74 of which are world premieres, 17 North American premieres, and 11 U.S. premieres. That’s 12 hours of film viewing for the next 9...
Despite the Vancouver-esque weather here in Austin, many SXSW attendees managed to brave the winds and strong rains last night to attend the various happy hours and opening parties. We managed to...
South by Southwest (SXSW) is a mammoth of a festival, with approximately 32,000 registrants and over 5,000 events for their Interactive, Film, and Music components—not to mention, all the unofficial...