Ostensibly, Panic makes Apple software, like the award-winning Transmit, Coda, and Status Board. But how many Apple software developers team up with the creator of Katamari Damacy to print and sell their official t-shirts, or manufacture a series of deadly accurate Atari 2600 boxes for non-existent games? Cofounder Cabel Sasser shares the unique story of how Panic stayed independent at all costs, as well as some of the challenges along the way. Recorded in September 2013 at XOXO, an arts and technology festival in Portland, Oregon celebrating independent artists using the Internet to make a living doing what they love. For more, visit http://xoxofest.com. Video thumbnail by Ian Linkletter: http://www.flickr.com/photos/linkletter/9892159725/ Intro Music: Broke for Free, "Breakfast with Tiffany" http://bit.ly/xo2013broke

But going back to this Joseph Campbell quote in the beginning. I let go of the life that I’ve been planning. So what’s the life that’s waiting for me? I have no idea. And this is the hardest part. This is the most painful part so far. Because I don’t know what my life is supposed to be about now. I don’t know what I’m supposed to do. And every instinct tells me that I should be working at this, and working to figure this stuff out, but I’m only starting to realize that maybe this is something that I can’t work myself out of. Maybe I just need to be okay with being here right now, and not knowing.

Because creativity, it’s just so much — it’s so inwardly focused. And I find that it’s so helpful to be pulled out of that system, otherwise I can just drown in myself. [Having a day job] means you can just make whatever you want to make. And what’s more independent than that? What I’m talking about is a problem of success, but we need to make sure that it’s not taboo to talk about the problems of success if we want to be successful. If we want ourselves and other people to be successful, we need to address the problems on the other side as well. I don’t want to drown in other people’s expectations. My own are hard enough. If what you make goes anywhere, it’s because other people carried it.

Murals and installations by San Francisco-based muralist and artist Alice Lee

Currently appearing in AMC’s horror drama NOS4A2, and now co-starring in Into the Dark: Pure on Hulu, actress Jahkara J. Smith found instant viral success on YouTube as Sailor J. Combining social commentary with makeup tutorials, Jahkara built a following of over 445,000 subscribers in just over a year before switching it up to focus on her acting career. Follow Jahkara on Twitter: https://twitter.com/slaylerj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jahkarajsmith/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJOzFn6EU1wxQlEhbor14RA NOS4A2 on AMC: https://www.amc.com/shows/nos4a2 Stream "Into the Dark: Pure" on Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/movie/pure-6d2f52ce-e850-4d58-8446-971754ef77dc — Recorded in September 2019 at XOXO, an experimental festival in Portland, Oregon for independent artists and creators who work online. For more, visit https://xoxofest.com. Intro music: "Sad Game Boy" by Mikey Geiger, licensed with Soundstripe. Video production by Searle Video. Captions by White Coat Captioning.

It was entirely possible to go all four days of XOXO without seeing a friend you knew was there, unless you actively sought them out.

Jersey City-based artist/engineer Jenn Schiffer makes art with code, teaches code with art, and open-source tools for playing with both. Her hilariously deadpan writing satirizes tech culture and programming tutorials, roping in clueless mansplainers for literally years after publication. Follow Jenn on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jennschiffer And on Medium: https://medium.com/@jennschiffer Her official site: http://jennmoney.biz/ Recorded in September 2016 at XOXO, an experimental festival celebrating independently produced art and technology in Portland, Oregon. For more, visit http://xoxofest.com. Introductory music: "Flaws Run Deep" by Jim Guthrie. Video production by brytCAST. Video thumbnail by Searle Video. Captions by White Coat Captioning.

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