Author: Kevin Lawver

SxSW Sneaks Up On Me Again

SxSW Interactive is upon us again, and there’s a lot going on (as usual). I’m trying to keep the “gotstas” to a minimum this year, but there are a few things I know I’m doing: Career Transitions: From DIY to Working For the Man – I’m moderating a panel that Cindy and Jason came up […]

Love is All Around Us

I’m 3,000 miles away from my sweetheart today, so all I’ve got for you is a quote from one of my favorite movies about the subject, Love Actually: Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion’s starting to make out that we […]

Vote Until It Hurts

Like I said the other day, ficlets is up for two SxSW Web Awards this year. Now, part of being a finalist, is that it’s also eligible for the People’s Choice Award. One of the finalists will win the award based on voting by the public.\ Now, it’s a long shot for ficlets to win. […]

Rasputin’s Booty

I frequently whine to anyone who will listen about the lack of good used cd stores in Northern Virginia. But, that’s definitely not a problem in the Bay Area, so when I’m out here, I always try to make a run to Rasputin to stock up on cheap tunes. I may have overdone it a […]

The Fics Keep on Coming

(remind me to use that title again somewhere… probably on ficlets)\ Speaking of ficlets, I just posted the news over on the ficlets blog that the site is a finalist in not one but two categories in this year’s SxSW Web Awards!\ I’m geeked. I entered ficlets on a whim when I registered for SxSW […]

Ficlets on the Radio!

Last week, I got an e-mail from someone from the CBC show Spark asking about ficlets and wondering if I’d be willing to do an interview for the show. After freaking out in the airport for a couple minutes, I replied saying (very coolly, I’m sure) that you betcha, I’d love to. So, sitting in […]

When Silly Becomes a Series

I wrote this silly ficlet about how the lolcats take over the world, and it’s turned into a series! There are nine parts total. A lovely ficleteer in Australia and I have been trading parts. He took the original bit of silliness and basically turned it into The League of Extraordinary Librarians. There’s adventure, romance, […]

A Blast From the Past

<object type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” width=”400″ height=”300″ data=”http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=669551&server=www.vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=ff9933″> <param name=”quality” value=”best” /> <param name=”allowfullscreen” value=”true” /> <param name=”scale” value=”showAll” /> <param name=”movie” value=”http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=669551&server=www.vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=ff9933″ /></object><br /><a href=”http://www.vimeo.com/669551/l:embed_669551″>Tech X: Tucson Public Access Show from 1998</a> from <a href=”http://www.vimeo.com/user167311/l:embed_669551″>kplawver</a> on <a href=”http://vimeo.com/l:embed_669551″>Vimeo</a>. \ What you see above is an entire episode (lucky #13) of the public access show I was a […]

Social Networking Mashups

I’m speaking today at The Social Networking Conference about social networking mashups. I decided to turn it on its head a little bit and do an introduction on portable social networking instead, because what is it but a big ol’ mashup of identity, relationships and content?\ If you’re at the conference, I’ll see you at […]

Tagged by a Chipman

Well Steve got me, and well, since I’m awake and everyone else is in bed, why not? I like a meme as much as the next guy, so I’ll play along. Here are five things you probably don’t know about me, even if you’ve been reading this blog for almost eight years: I was a […]