Month: May 2015

We are doneeeeeeeee! EMS during SXSW is complete (somewhat). This project was a bit difficult for me, mostly because I had two of my interviews fall through at the very last minute and they were a huge component of the

My final project, Bar Genres, gives people the ability to find their niche in the Austin bar scene. To look for what genre of bands play at specific bars I ran into trouble. I was unable to pull data from

My final project, Airbnb During SXSW, attempts to answer the question of just exactly how much Airbnb prices increase during SXSW. It turns out, a bunch. Basically, when SXSW rolls around, Airbnb’s go up 155%. I got my data from

The purpose of my final project was to determine the most popular music genres and venues of SXSW 2015. Using data obtained from the SXSW 2015 Music Event Schedule, I not only had a complete list of bands and musicians separated

Building this final project has been difficult and rewarding – it has forced a new level of comfort with old skillsets and has catalyzed the learning of a few new tricks. Working with data was not something I would say I had

For my final project I decided to follow the question “Does the growth of SXSW positively correlate with an increase in crime rates during the month of March?” I first began by collecting crime data from the Austin, TX data

Voila, my project, Austin Venues Though this project proved to be difficult, I frankly became enamored with the subject. I find nostalgia to be utterly fascinating so naturally Austin is the perfect place to study this phenomenon. The study is

My project, Does Austin Have “Live Music Capital of the World” Resources, proved to be tricky. During the project, I had issues with scraping the business listings on the Texas Music Office‘s website due to the fact that they weren’t

As a military photojournalist, we have a saying, “Semper Gumby”, which means “always flexible.” We adhere to this principle simply due to the fact that the story you want to tell is not necessarily the story that you tell. For