An Opening

Kristina B — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 16:26:00 -0500

A friend and Handwire alumnus recently sat us down and told us that he’d been tasked with creating a list of the “leading thinkers” that will be at the upcoming SXSWi conference. He did, and surprisingly few people on that list were based in Austin. This got us thinking: why do we wait for March to roll around to put our heads together with others who, like ourselves, are leading and innovating in the interactive space every other month of the year right here in Austin?

It’s an exciting time to be working in the interactive industry as the collective attention of computer users everywhere has shifted focus from what they can do on the web (features! features! features!) to how things are done. The consensus seems to have come around to user-centric simplicity and elegance – two things that smart, innovative designers and developers have been yearning to focus on for years.

Handwire is certainly welcoming the shift in focus with open arms. We’ve been holed up in our modest digs downtown on Congress, working with our clients to distill their complex problems into those simple, elegant solutions everyone in the industry’s been talking so much about lately.

We’re constantly asking ourselves how we can do better. An easy answer is to pry some of our attention away from our projects and open up to the interactive community right here in our ‘hood. We hope you enjoy Handwriting!

Handwriting: An Opening

An Opening