It all started during SXSW 2008 at Porter Novelli’s big Mix and Six kickoff party. I met Pete Cashmore, and the Mashable crew was talking about doing events all across the country. No nationwide tour of tech hotspots would be complete without a stop in Austin, and it wasn’t long before I started working with Adam Hirsch to plan SummerMash Austin. Buffalo Billiards played host to this event, mostly because it was one of the [...]

SeedStage Studios is launching a series of services today that are squarely aimed at the early stage technology companies in Austin. The company produces creative video for emerging companies. Company co-founder Charles Dykes tells us “The corporate spoofs that are so prevalent on the web today might be a fun way to experiment with media, but for most companies (especially in the B2B space) the amateur video style offers very little for their brand.” Co-founders [...]