Notices by XOXO (xoxo@xoxo.zone)

“We can build the web we want to see.” @molly0xfff kicked off XOXO 2024's conference with a hopeful talk about building Web3 Is Going Just Great, and how we can “push the web back towards the wonderful, joyful, beautiful place it used to be.” https://xoxofest.com/2024/videos/molly-white/

Returning to the XOXO stage ten years after his satirical “How I Won the Lottery” talk, @darius reflects on the compromises that come with being “indie” and the toxic systems that coerce us into betraying our values. https://xoxofest.com/2024/videos/darius-kazemi/

"I used to dream of labor… but now I dream of different things." Aftermath.site cofounder and journalist/critic @xoxogossipgita on surviving the collapsing media landscape and the rise of worker-owned, subscriber-funded online journalism. https://xoxofest.com/2024/videos/gita-jackson/

"We have to fix the fucking networks." Writer/researcher @kissane on how her work on the COVID Tracking Project was made possible by social platforms now hostile to real human connection, and why we need better, safer networks for our collective survival. https://xoxofest.com/2024/videos/erin-kissane/

✨📺 The talk videos for the final XOXO are here, publishing two per day all this week. You can watch them on our site: https://xoxofest.com/2024/videos/

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🚨 The XOXO 2024 schedule is now live — including the newly-announced Arcade, Tabletop, Indie Media Circus, and Art+Code lineups — plus an expanded Attendee Guide, on our newly-revamped site! https://xoxofest.com/

XOXO 2024 is officially sold out! If you got a pass in the lottery, congratulations! We'll see you in Portland this August. We updated our Attendee Guide with a schedule overview for this year's festival, info on hotels, and how to join the XOXO Slack. https://xoxofest.com/guide/ You can also sign in to see this year's attendee directory and update your profile/badge info at https://my.xoxofest.com.

Last 24 hours! Registration for the final XOXO closes tomorrow, Wednesday May 29, at 12pm PT/3pm ET. We'll begin distributing passes through our lottery shortly after! https://2024.xoxofest.com/

ICYMI we announced our launch lineup for the final XOXO! Registration is now open, and you have until 12pm PT/3pm ET on Wednesday, May 29 to get your survey in. https://2024.xoxofest.com/

Plus, three of our favorite past speakers will revisit their XOXO talks: Panic’s Cabel Sasser (@cabel), Darius Kazemi (@darius), and The Verge’s Sarah Jeong (@sarahjeong). And the conference will be emceed by our friends, Jenn Schiffer (@jenn) and Open Mike Eagle!

New this year: XOXO Sideshow is an evening with some of our favorite projects from the internet, including the first live Never Post with co-host Mike Rugnetta, The Pudding, SmallBu Animation, Every Frame A Painting’s Taylor Ramos and Tony Zhou, Depths of Wikipedia: LIVE! and more to come.

On Friday, we’re bringing some of our favorite indie publications under one tent for a daytime event we’re calling the Indie Media Circus, featuring the folks behind 404 Media (@404mediaco), Kottke.org (@kottke), Platformer (@platformer), Garbage Day, and more.

We’ve teamed up with our friends at Panic (@panic), BackerKit, and Glitch (@glitchdotcom) to bring back our Arcade, Art+Code, and Tabletop events with some of our favorite indie videogame, creative code, and tabletop projects. As always, we’ll keep adding things right up until the day of the event.

This year’s conference lineup includes Molly White of Web3 Is Going Just Great (@molly0xfff), Sweet Baby Inc’s Kim Belair, Folding Ideas documentarian Dan Olson, writer/researcher Erin Kissane (@kissane), Aftermath co-founder Gita Jackson, Pulitzer-winning journalist and author Ed Yong, and Hugo-winning author/podcaster Charlie Jane Anders (@charliejane).

🎉🎟 One last time, XOXO returns this August 22–24 with three days of people and projects we love from the internet. Registration is now open, surveys close Wednesday, May 29! https://2024.xoxofest.com/

✨🎟️ Okay, get ready! This Tuesday, May 21, we’re announcing the XOXO 2024 lineup and opening registration! Before we share details of this year’s festival, we’ve updated our Attendee Guide with new information on how registration works, our new COVID policy, and our new pass types. https://xoxofest.com/guide

One last time, with feeling. https://2024.xoxofest.com