2012
YU Contemporary
Portland, Oregon
September 13–16, 2012
Poster design by Jolby
Poster design by Jolby
Jen Bekman speaking
Jen Bekman speaking
XOXO started as a Kickstarter project, selling out all 400 passes in two days, bringing together a remarkable group of people using the internet to make a living with those building the platforms to make it possible.
2012 Conference audience at Yale Union
2012 Conference audience at Yale Union
XOXO Festival sign
XOXO Festival sign

Recap

Videos

Lineup

Conference

Dan Provost & Tom Gerhardt
Studio Neat/Glif/Cosmonaut
R. Stevens
Diesel Sweeties
James Swirsky & Lisanne Pajot
Indie Game: The Movie
Emily Winfield Martin
Black Apple
Ron Carmel
World of Goo/Indie Fund
Bre Pettis
MakerBot
Julia Nunes
Singer-Songwriter
Matt Haughey
Metafilter
Dan Harmon
Community
Yancey Strickler
Kickstarter
Maggie Vail & Jesse Von Doom
CASH Music
Evan Ratliff
The Atavist
Jen Bekman
20x200
Jamie Wilkinson
VHX
Josh Reich
Simple
Chad Dickerson
Etsy
Chris Poole
Canvas/4chan
Adam Savage
Mythbusters

Film

2 Player Productions
Paul Ownes & Asif Siddiky
Indie Game: The Movie
Lisanne Pajot & James Swirsky
Heat Vision and Jack
Dan Harmon
Star Wars Uncut: The Director's Cut
Casey Pugh

Music

The Kleptones
Julia Nunes
MC Frontalot
The Limousines

Arcade

Nidhogg
Messhof
Proteus
Twisted Tree Games
BaraBariBall
Noah Sasso
Space Age
Big Bucket Software
Super Hexagon
Terry Cavanagh
Johann Sebastian Joust
Die Gute Fabrik
Minecraft in Real-Life
Ben Purdy

Patrons

Thank you to Wieden+Kennedy, MailChimp, and Teehan+Lax for sponsoring this year's festival. XOXO would not be possible without their generous support.

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