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March 11: SXSW Innovation Awards

Austin Startup

The annual Interactive Festival awards program began in 1997 as the Texas Interactive Media Achievement Awards, and was re-named the SXSW Web Awards the following year. Are most of the finalists for the SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards from the United States? Why are they called the SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards?

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Neurodiversity: Marie O’Riordan on the sense of belonging

Transformify

Marie, you were the last person to interview the late Nobel Peace Prize winner Mother Teresa, Saint Teresa of Calcutta, in her home in Calcutta, India in 1997. Pushing a child to be equally good in all areas simply doesn’t work. What was the impact of this meeting on your personal values?