Just got off the CNN Express, the mighty bus I ride to some of the less media-saturated parts of America, where concern about gas prices and frustration over Washington's ability to get much done are both running high.
There's a moment, when singer LP performs the song "Into the Wild," that her face tightens and she purses her lips, even as she keeps singing. It happened show after show at the South by Southwest music festival, whether on sunny daytime stages, in dark clubs, or while rocking a ukulele, solo, in the middle of an Austin, Texas, street. She is trying not to smile.
Singer/songwriter LP reflects on singing as a child, writing songs and how a ukulele helped her career.
I like to watch Dr. Phil drunk.
He's the man who shares the world's secrets. PostSecret's Frank Warren talks about what he calls "America's secret."
Think back six months. You probably never had heard of a little website called Pinterest.
Fortune senior writer Jessi Hempel talks about the rapid rise of the social media site Pinterest.
The past month has been a time of frenzied activity for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
Do you suffer from FOMO (otherwise known as "fear of missing out")? Does the idea that some infinitely intriguing person/place/thing is currently flitting through your general sphere of being -- WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE -- cause your heart to constrict with terror?
CNN's Ayesha Durgahee looks at how apps have changed the way we travel.
If you want a snapshot of the challenges facing newspapers, you should have been with me at the exhibition area at the SXSW Interactive gathering in Austin, Texas, a few days ago.
Anyone expecting outspoken rocker Bruce Springsteen to spend his keynote address here at the South by Southwest music conference talking about his new No. 1 album or the politically divided state of the country may have gotten a surprise.
CNN Music used Twitter to find one lucky band, Royal Teeth, at SXSW, to showcase to the world.
CNN's Ivan Watson describes how social media played a part in Syria and Libya during a South by Southwest discussion.
When it's revealed that a prominent member of a clandestine movement has been giving information to the FBI for months, you'd think it would intimidate others in the group into backing off.
When speaking to the tech-savvy attendees of South by Southwest Interactive, it doesn't hurt to lead with a Web reference -- even if you're the former vice president.
Any author or filmmaker seeking ideas for a sci-fi yarn about the implications of artificial intelligence -- good or bad -- would be smart to talk to Ray Kurzweil.
Sohaib Athar, the IT consultant who tweeted the Osama bin Laden raid, is a guest at the CNN Grill at South by Southwest.
Nathan Daschle and Wesley Donehue talk about ongoing resistence to the use of social media and online ads in campaigns.
Baratunde Thurston says that, sometimes, comedy is no laughing matter.
Looking to sell the public on your plan to combine Twitter with beer drinking? Well, there are worse places to push the idea than South by Southwest Interactive, the annual gathering known as "spring break for geeks." (Or for "tech hipsters." The line is getting blurrier and blurrier these days.)
If 2011 was the year that South by Southwest Interactive grew up, 2012 may be when it decides it wants to don a suit and enter the corporate world -- or run off and join the Peace Corps.
Veterans of the SXSW festival share their survival tips and suggestions on how to make the best of the event.
South by Southwest, the tech-music-movie conference getting under way here Friday, isn't typically a place for big newsy announcements. The indie ethos of SXSW is more about discovering the hot emerging thing -- a new mobile app, a bold filmmaker, a brilliant set by an undiscovered band.
For first-timers, South by Southwest Interactive can be a little intimidating.
The tech world is descending upon Austin for the South by Southwest Interactive conference -- an annual gathering of tech influencers for a fast-paced week of panels, networking, and yes -- parties.
It's just over a week until one of the biggest geek gatherings of the year, South By Southwest Interactive, kicks off in Austin, Texas.
Seth Priebatsch, founder of mobile app SCVNGR, explains why people should have more fun with technology and learning.
One heat-soaked afternoon last month, hipsters and cowboys shirked a music festival schedule loaded with sparkle and distraction and instead shuffled into a dim convention center ballroom.
When Jane McGonigal was 21 and a bit listless, she went to the New York Public Library to reinvent herself. She read up on computer science and physics and used that knowledge to apply to a graduate program in game design in California.
"The State I'm In" columnist Brendan Newnam recently spent time in Austin, Texas during the SXSW conference and festival.
Pixar has nothing on nature when she's hungry.
Jason Travis and CNN iReport took portraits for the Persona Project in Austin at South by Southwest 2011.
Technologist William Hurley of Chaotic Moon Studios explains how disruptive innovation hurts invention.
Who: William "whurley" Hurley of Austin, Texas
South by Southwest is a long, winding "spring break!" (yelled in frat-boy fashion) for tech nerds and music fans alike. The fest has since wrapped, leaving attendees with glowing memories, emotional and physical scars and suitcases bursting with ripe clothing.
Historically, the tech industry has not been especially hospitable to women.
Among the 18,000 attendees who descended on Austin this week for the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive gathering were hundreds of venture capitalists and angel investors, prowling through the city in search of the next breakout tech invention.
From Mike Tyson to innovative technology, take a look at some photos from CNN's time at SXSW.
Every March, thousands of young, jeans-wearing techies, filmmakers and musicians descend upon Austin, Texas, harboring dreams of getting noticed and hitting it big.
Location-based social networks Foursquare, Gowalla, and Loopt have collectively raised almost $50 million in funding from investors, and racked up around 13 million users.
Groupon and Twitter aren't worth billions.
A crowded, sprawling event is the perfect place to peddle an app that lets you cut through noise and find exactly the right thing at the right time. Enter Foodspotting.
Almost 2,000 miles from New York, a posse of the city's tech entrepreneurs gathered Sunday at an SXSW offshoot to network, recruit and pitch investors over beer.
The new iPads have landed -- and the throngs turned out to greet them.
For the next five days, Austin will be the epicenter of the tech universe.
When the South by Southwest Festival kicks off today in Austin, Texas, the cutting edges of technology and film will be on display.
On Thursday, I'll join more than 12,000 geeks on an annual pilgrimage to Austin, Texas. The "Interactive" portion of the South by Southwest festival -- referred to by attendees as "South by" or "SXSW" -- is akin to spring break for the technology crowd.
Morris Panner is the CEO of group text messaging service GroupFlier.
Six buses, 40 teams, 48 hours and one winning business idea: The StartupBus is as close to blood sport as Silicon Valley entrepreneurship gets.
The Steven Tyler-model of career planning is starting to look like the norm in the business world: frequent changes of venue, constant reinvention, and, hopefully, a loyal fan base that sticks with you through it all.
Facebook is making a play for a piece of the small but much-buzzed-about group text messaging market. On Tuesday, it announced that it has acquired eight-month-old Beluga.
Felicia Day, creator and star of the cult-favorite web series "The Guild," will be a keynote speaker at the 2011 South by Southwest Interactive festival.
Social-networking giant Facebook has entered the check-in world.
Over the past few years, the South by Southwest Interactive Festival has emerged as one of the most important events in the international new media landscape, bringing thousands of the industry's most creative thinkers to Austin, Texas, every March for five days of panels, networking and fun.
Remember when you were a kid and you couldn't wait to get older?
Marketers want to get inside your brain. Literally.
"David After Dentist" is a YouTube smash. In 2009, David's dad talked to Eric Lanford about his son's instant fame.
If you spend any time on the Internet, you've no doubt seen "David After Dentist," the YouTube video of a woozy 7-year-old boy in the back seat of a car, struggling to understand the effects of anesthesia.
It was billed as the "location wars" -- a fight for the affections of the smartphone-wielding techie elite that converged on Austin this week for the South by Southwest Interactive festival.
For techies, the South by Southwest Interactive festival produces a firehose of information.
An Internet that gives people the information they want virtually as soon as it's created is getting closer, according to Internet professionals.
Twitter CEO Evan Williams announced a product Monday that will further integrate Twitter feeds into other Web sites.
Foursquare, a location-based app, lets you explore new places, find friends, and even become mayor.
One year ago, the founders of Foursquare stepped onstage before a tech-savvy crowd in Austin, Texas, to announce their concept: a smartphone app that lets you tell friends where you are.
It's billed as a showcase for the brightest minds in technology -- a place to network with industry leaders and see the latest Internet innovations.
On Friday, the major movers in the tech industry will gather in Austin, Texas, for the annual South by Southwest Interactive Conference.
Steven Van Zandt did not mince words.
CD sales are down. Digital hasn't caught up. Record companies are consolidating. New bands are trying to find their own way.
Watch a portion of Metallica's performance at SXSW.
IMDb founder Col Needham said the massively popular movie database has set as its major goal for the future to add one-button streaming for all of the 1.3 million titles it indexes.
As many surveys have suggested, fear of public speaking is one of our strongest anxieties, often ranking above the fear of dying.
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