Atlanta May Tweetup

Due to the craziness called life, Maigh and I have decided to skip organizing an April tweetup. Our next ATL Tweeters tweetup will be Thursday, May 28 and will be a Field Day! Instead of meeting at bars and restaurants every month, we are mixing it up for Spring. Bring your favorite local takeout and [...]

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Schlomo Tells The Story of Escalario, The Inventor of The Escalator

Schlomo Tells The Story of Escalario from Scott Beale on Vimeo. Good times in San Francisco. I have a little cameo in here. If you don’t know Scott Beale and Schlomo Rabinowitz, you really should.

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“100 Interviews” Interviews Tessa At SXSW

Derek Overbey, Director of Marketing and Social Media at Roost.com hit me up during SXSW 2009 for an interview for his 100 Interviews series. We discussed SXSW, Atlantans Together Against Crime (ATAC), FourSquare, the “personal” risks and adventures of a digital life and more. My contribution to 100 Interviews:

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100 Interviews 12Seconds.tv Preview

This morning at SXSW, Derek Overbey of Roost and 100 Interviews grabbed me for one of his 100 interviews he is conducting during a 5-day period over SXSW with people across the social media and technology scene. Check out a preview clip with Sukhjit via 12Seconds: Watching @100interviews.com in action talking to @tessa on 12seconds.tv [...]

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SXSW Interactive + Music: Here I Come!

This week I am heading down to Austin, TX for SXSW for both the Interactive and Music portions of the conference and festival. This will be my first year at Interactive and my second year attending Music. Last year I attended Music on behalf of Super Deluxe. We sponsored two events — An official showcase [...]

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Liveblogging Startup Riot 2009

Tomorrow I will be liveblogging Startup Riot 2009 taking place at the Twelve Hotel in Atlantic Station (Atlanta). The liveblog will include all updates from Twitter that include the #startupriot hashtag as well. Startup Riot Agenda 9:15 am introduction 9:45 am morning keynote and Q&A 10:30 am 1st hour of pitches 11:30 am chaotic lunch [...]

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Spotted: On SXSW Interactive!

(Photo by Maigh Houlihan) Check out who is on the SXSW Interactive website this morning! I won a badge to this year’s SXSW Interactive festival (thanks guys!) for answering a trivia question in their newsletter. Reading your newsletters can pay off!

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Casual Coworking: Jelly In Atlanta

Jelly In Atlanta is Atlanta’s casual coworking group. WHAT’S JELLY? Jelly‘s a casual work event where everyone’s invited. It’s for anyone who’d like to work alongside other creative people in a welcome environment. Some Jellies are in people’s homes (that’s how it started) others are in coffee shops and businesses. You bring your laptop and [...]

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