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Hackers, Education Projects and More: Tech Events Roundup April 29 - May 6
This week, Austin is home to an interesting mix of networking and hacking. On the more social side, you can have drinks with AIGA creatives or LinkedIn users before stopping by a brand new coworking...
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FREAK OUT! Psych Fest 2013 Recap
I went into Austin Psych Fest expecting to see a bunch of stoned people standing in a field listening to, well, psych music. I did get my fill of that, but there was also much more of a “scene” than I...
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Advocates Push for Affordable Housing as City Booms
In the 2012 election, Proposition 15, which would have set aside almost $80 million in bond money toward affordable housing programs, was voted down by about 2 percent. Proponents, like McFadden, say...
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Will the Austin Bubble Burst?
Austin has been experiencing unprecedented growth more or less since the 1970s, but especially since the 1990s. The population has more than doubled since then, while housing prices and the cost of...
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Day Trip: Seminole Canyon State Park
One of the most interesting things about visiting places around Texas is simply thinking about the area’s past. Most of Texas was once covered by a shallow ocean, then populated by dinosaurs. At some...
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This Week in Geek May 2 - 8: May the Fourth Be With You edition
This Saturday is a crazy trifecta of geek goodness. It’s not only unofficial geek holiday May the Fourth, but also national Free Comic Book Day and the opening weekend of Iron Man 3. There are ample...
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Shoot First, Aim Later, in West
I attended the Texas Tribune morning conversation on Earth Day, when (naturally) the subject was supposed to be the environment. But on the heels of the tragedy in West, it turned into something else.
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Austin Celebrates Bike Month
It’s no secret that bicycling is good for a person and good for the community. Bicycling prevents obesity, pollution and the costs that go along with one-person-one-car commuting. To encourage more...
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App City: Tech Events Roundup May 6 - 12
App developers, whether you work with iOS, Android, or Windows Mobile, this week Austin has a meetup for you. Though the week starts out full of informative sessions, it ends with plenty of great...
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Austin Tech Job Roundup for May 7
We’ve trolled Facebook, LinkedIn, and odd corners of the internet looking for the tech jobs you won’t find on Craigslist. Most of these come from people at the company in question hoping a friend of a...
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City, Community Begin to Update 30-Year-Old Land Code
The last time the Austin Land Development Code was rewritten was in 1984; the population was 392,000.
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Rich Garza Spotlights Broad Diversity of Latino Music with Pachanga Fest
When Rich Garza returned to his native Austin in 2005 to do event marketing for a Latin promotional company, he noticed something missing from the Live Music Capital of the World.
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Game-o-Thrones, Board Games, Girl Stuff: This Week in Geek May 9-15
This week the monthly Fantasy and Sci-Fi social is back, werewolves take over a gaming shop, and Shakespeare invades Zilker park. To top it off, there are also plenty of great excuses for boardgames.
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Best Day Trips Within Austin City Limits
The days have gotten longer and warmer, encouraging us all to spend our free time outdoors biking, swimming, running, rowing and hiking. Sometimes we don’t have time to get out of the city or just want...
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RISE Up and Network: Tech Events Roundup May 13 - 19
The big news this week is RISE, Austin’s amazing week long conference with dozens of useful sessions and great networking opportunities. Look through their extensive listings to find the best sessions...
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Austin Drivers: Put the Phone Down
As I recently walked on the sidewalk down Burnet Road, about a mile from my house, several cars passed me; I noticed one driven by a man who was clearly looking down at his cell phone.
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City Pushes "Mixed-Use" to Make Austin More Compact
One of the ways the City and developers are enacting this part of Imagine Austin is by encouraging construction of mixed-use buildings – retail on the first floor and maybe office space on the second...
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This Week in Geek May 17 - 23 Games within Games within Games edition
This week, the Renegade Craft Faire takes over the Palmer Events Center, the international DASH Puzzle Hunt comes to Austin, and Dorkbot brings you a TED Talk-esque night about the craft of gaming. If...
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Day Trip: Buescher State Park
At only about , Buescher is a small one, but the park does feature camping as well as a small but stocked fishing pond that allows (and rents) non-motorized boats. Bass, crappie and catfish fishing is...
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