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Jan. 28, 2000 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky
Projecting the 21st Century
"...in the 21st century? What's your 21st-century vision for technology policy?..."
Jan. 22, 1999 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky
So Let Them Surf...
One Child, One Computer: Gary Chapman's Vision
"...do you find more enthusiasm for the god of Technology than among educators," writes Neil Postman, one of the..."
Jan. 19, 1996 News Feature
Girl, Upgraded
According to the 1999 Interactive Digital Software Report (IDSA), the
majority of people playing computer games are older than 18, and 38%
percent of the people most frequently playing computer games are women.
Boy, have things change
"...way we view gamers, it's the way we view technology. Once looked down upon on as geeks, technologically savvy..."
Dec. 17, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola
No Purchase Necessary
Does Napster, the MP3-sharing software program that has spawned several lawsuits and been banned at universities across the nation, mean the end of music as we know it?
"...and a case involving a popular but controversial new technology was just heating up before the Supreme Court. On..."
May 5, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett
SXSW Panels: Woke Food
SXSW food track navigates contemporary food systems
"...How Technology Is Making Meals More Communal Monday, March 13, the..."
March 14, 2017 Food Post by Emily Beyda
Internet Outlaw Michael Wolff Shoots Straight
"..."Nobody knows what's going on. The technology people don't know. The content people don't know. The..."
March 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky
AISD Notebook
"...the board of trustees on Monday from AISD's instructional technology development group evoked a strange longing to go back..."
Dec. 13, 1996 News Feature by Roseana Auten
Austin At Risk
Tech leaders look for solution to Austin's growth problems
"...growth caused by the explosion of the Central Texas technology industry. Update your conversation-starters accordingly, if you haven't already...."
May 12, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Lizzo, Beck Announced as SXSW Keynotes
Festival also adds cyberpunk pioneer Neil Stephenson
"...just about music, but all disciplines, including literature and technology. Enter keynote number four Neal Stephenson. The godfather of..."
Feb. 15, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker
AISD: Balancing Teachers and Tech
AISD must ensure that new technology helps more than it hurts
"...a key part of her solution – to integrate technology deeper into the curriculum – could create new recurring..."
Nov. 26, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
After Napster
The world of online music after the fall of Napster.
"...new world order -- as in acquisitions, mergers, partnerships, technology announcements, or anything that could seriously impact the shapes..."
Aug. 17, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Bertin
Radio, Radio
Satellite radio, the burgeoning technology that may ultimately shake up the broadcast world the most, is right around the corner.
"...at least until the problems inherent in broadband wireless technology are worked out. Currently, it depends on an unobstructed..."
Oct. 6, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw
Feel-Good Generations
There's a reason scholar Rachel Maines, the author of The Technology of Orgasm: "Hysteria," the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual Satisfaction has survived the various assualts on her intellectual freedom: She's smart, she's funny, and she also "dances circles around reactionary clod-like thinking."
"...that seminal episode, Maines dedicates her first book, The Technology of Orgasm: "Hysteria," the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual Satisfaction..."
Sept. 10, 1999 Books Feature by Lindsey Lane
Rants of a Technological Primitive
Letters at 3am
"...umbilically (plugged in!) to the corporations. My resistance to technology isn't an aversion to the machines but to the..."
May 15, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura
Budget Blackboard
Write 100 Times: AISD Needs More Money
"...the increase in student enrollment, two cents for classroom technology, and 43/4cents for raises for all AISD workers. (Voters..."
June 20, 1997 News Feature by Roseana Auten
Connecting a Whole Community
Austin and Google Fiber move to bridge the digital divide
"...of Austin Free-Net, a local nonprofit that has provided technology training and access for the community since 1995...."
Jan. 23, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Meet the AISD Bonds
A thumbnail introduction to the $890 million bond package on the May 11 ballot
"...spread across four propositions: 1) Health, Environment, Equipment, and Technology; 2) Safety and Security, Overcrowding Relief, New Construction; 3)..."
April 12, 2013 News Feature by Michael King
Education: 'It's Time To Be Innovative'
Something everyone can agree on: digital classrooms
"...of agreement between all parties during last week's SXSWedu technology and education conference – but the consensus stopped there...."
March 16, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Making the Energy Grid Smarter
New nonprofit pushes energy providers for efficiency via high tech
"...In the last 50 years, technology has monumentally impacted the way we store and share..."
Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Technological Vertigo
Letters at 3AM
"...proof of that progress is the ever-increasing power of technology. For two centuries now, this idea has been central..."
April 17, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura
Brain Boom
Austin's Techno Geeks and Slackers Cash In
"...was about as lively as a spreadsheet. But when technology began to merge with art and music, the combination..."
March 20, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy
Online Hit
Instant Sports Patents a Pastime
"...Wide Web site (http://www.InstantSports.com) has brought simple 1921 re-creation technology to a complicated computer age, allowing any team's fan,..."
Oct. 11, 1996 Screens Feature by Andy Langer
UT Conference Explores Ethics Around the Breakneck Advancement of AI
Humanizing machines
"...took turns calling out the human side of a technology that, on its surface, appears to be very much..."
April 14, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham
Council Preview: Automatic License Plate Readers to Return?
Advocates call on CMs to just say no to controversial program
"...law enforcement. Police officials characterize ALPRs as an important technology that allows for more efficient investigations of suspected criminal..."
Aug. 30, 2022 News Post by Austin Sanders
Meet Accomplice, the Austin Startup Paving the Way Toward an Immersive Future
Striving for a world with no more boring experiences
"...No, interactive technology should be more than just a cheap trick. So..."
Nov. 15, 2019 Screens Feature by Tom Cheredar
The World Is Your Cubicle
Making it work, geography of no consideration
"...panel, Go Virtual: Save Money, Sustain People and Planet, technology is allowing companies to break away from traditional ways..."
March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum
When the New Thing
Is Old News Already
Call it Murphy's nth Law of Computing: 'Any given program, when running, is obsolete'
"...King, author of Bank 2.0: How Customer Behavior and Technology Will Change the Future of Financial Services, it's about..."
March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
Unchained Melodies
The Austin Wireless City Project and SXSW Music launch a real-world test for the interactive world
"...live. After all, innovation never stops, particularly when new technology is turned over to the masses...."
March 5, 2004 Screens Feature by Brad King
Rethinking the Three R's
Reagan High's digital-media lab opens doors for young students into filmmaking.
"...a "digital divide" have brought a host of new technology to Austin schools, granting students access to cutting-edge equipment..."
May 2, 2003 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May
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