Meeting Elvis Costello and Erick Sermon
In 1996, I met two musical legends in airports on my way to Japan. Armed with the brand-new Casio QV-10—the wo…
Famous
The Day I Almost Had a Selfie with Weird Al
A two decade-old missed photo opportunity with Weird Al Yankovic on Austin's 6th Street gets an AI recreation.
A Gen X Night with Douglas Coupland in Austin, 1993
A memorable evening in 1993 when Douglas Coupland's book signing turned into an impromptu night of darts with …
John Cena at SXSW 2014
After John Cena's epic 2025 Royal Rumble performance tonight, I found an old YouTube clip where I actually app…
Austin Stories OG
Long before Portlandia captured the quirkiness of Portland, there was Austin Stories. It captured the Gen X w…
Prince SXSW 2013
At SXSW 2013, Prince threw the party to end all parties, it was 3.5 hours long, had 5 encores, and I WAS THERE…
My Summer at Steve Jackson Games
Time is a cruel beast. A big garage cleanup brought back some memories of a summer job I had 30 years ago.
Thank You Mr. Mormile
Visiting the ESPN campus in Bristol were experiences I'll never forget, thanks to Anthony Mormile. When I arri…
I am meme lord
SXSW offers more than tech innovations—it brings internet memes to life. Meeting "Success Kid" in person, alon…
Mark Hamill Crash Happened in Austin?!?
We celebrate May The Fourth, but I wanted to document an Austin urban legend that hasn't been well documented …
Jack Nicholson as Napoleon
There are a handful of movies that never got made and ultimate "what ifs". Stanley Kubrick was supposed to ma…
I Was An Extra On Sin City
In my continuing series of posts and stories about my Forrest Gump-like life, here is the time I was an extra …
The Big Dog Barks
Twitter sometimes amazes with simple access to some of the best minds on the planet.
Dick Costolo Taught Me Project Management
If you want to know how I got to be so good at shipping world class software and managing teams of people much…
Commander Mark Rules
Famous designer Frank Chimero tweeted a few months ago that he was a fan of Commander Mark growing up. I resp…
The Greatest Answer to This Question ...
What was the best concert you've ever seen? It is a question that I've asked friends for years as I'm curious…
My Afternoon with Molly Ivins
About 30 years ago I had an amazing opportunity to spend a few hours talking with Molly Ivins as she came thro…
Friday Night Lights Coach
I am lucky to have a bit of Forrest Gump in me in that I have had a ton of interesting and odd opportunities i…
Demi & Ashton Foundation
The Demi and Ashton Foundation focused on child slavery, human trafficking awareness and legislative change. W…
Monteiro Time
Today was a day for the books. I got an opportunity to chat with Mike Monteiro about the design biz, getting …