SXSW 2025 unveils a profound technological convergence where innovation across space exploration, quantum computing, and AI isn’t just creating more powerful tools, but fundamentally expanding the canvas of human creativity and potential.
At SXSW’s final day, technology transcended science fiction as bionic limbs that feel, space imagery that connects us, and quantum computing that may unlock nature’s deepest secrets reminded us that our future isn’t just about what these tools can do—but how they’ll transform what it means to be human.
On Day 4 of SXSW 2025, I retreated to my hotel room to watch keynotes about AI workplace transformation and user-controlled social media, discovering how tomorrow’s technology needs human-centered thinking to truly succeed.
From the Webb telescope’s galaxy-shattering discoveries to Colossal’s de-extinction breakthroughs, Day 3 at SXSW 2025 revealed how humanity stands at the threshold of understanding our cosmic origins and biological future.
The robots are coming—for real this time—as Amy Webb unveils how “Living Intelligence” is finally teaching clumsy machines to navigate our messy human world, while Europe wonders if America’s race to market might be missing something important: the human touch.
SXSW 2025 kicks off with a focus on hard sciences, revealing how Small Language Models, quantum computing, and robotics are converging to reshape medicine, research, and everyday life—though some technologies show more immediate promise than others.
Watching the 20th editorial board resignation since 2023 reminded us how important it was to continue finding new publishing models that serve authors. Late last year, we launched Play Story Press with a bold vision.
After more than two decades of leading content strategy initiatives, managing publishing operations, and scaling teams, I’m exploring the next phase of my career. Let’s chat at SXSW 2025 or over virtual coffee.
In 2019, the ETC Press published Pamela McCorduck’s book, THIS COULD BE IMPORTANT. Here, I’m releasing clips of our conversation about her life as one of the early science + technology writers.
A compendium of what I’ve learned in my twenty-five years navigating SXSW Interactive, the greatest show on earth.
Elizabeth Wurtzel was—and forever will be—our GenX Rock God Writer.
Back in January, I posted a tweet about Generation X that turned my life a little bit bonkers for about seventy-two hours. I hadn’t intended to throw a GenX family reunion, but there I was. In a little less than three days, more than six hundred thousand people interacted with it and—as you can see […]