Reflecting on the memorable moments and achievements from the first quarter of 2025.

Q1 2025 Highlights - A Look Back at the First Quarter

After John Cena's epic 2025 Royal Rumble performance tonight, I found an old YouTube clip where I actually appear in the background during his SXSW appearance!

John Cena at SXSW 2014

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I am meme lord

This blog is turning into a "remember when" article generator.  I have done a lot of interesting projects and promise I continue to do them now.  Here is an old one I did for Hugh Forrest at SXSW back in 2004.  The problem to solve was realtime session information on a big screen TV for attendees.  Now it is common place, but in 2004, it was pretty remarkable.

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Q1 2025 Highlights - A Look Back at the First Quarter

John Cena at SXSW 2014

I am meme lord

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