According to the website, XOXO is an experimental festival for independent artists and creators who work on the internet. (If you didn’t understand that, same here. I didn’t understand what that meant until I was there.)
XOXO, in my own words, is an event for people to enjoy the works and listen to indie artists. That include game designers, filmmakers, animators, musicians, cartoonists, podcasters, writers, illustrators, and coders.
If I were to describe the audience, it is primarily people who work in tech companies that have side hustles (podcasts, comics, illustrations, etc.). If you’re into side projects, and you probably did or plan to monetize your side projects, you will love XOXO.
This year, the theme is about challenging social inequality. I didn’t even realize that was the theme until I listened to a few conference talks. It turns out, friends, these are exactly the topics we should hear about.
P.s. XOXO is not exclusively for tech people, but a lot of people who come to XOXO work in tech (mostly in-house) and do stuff on the side. That’s my interpretation.
Here's an official post about the core focus of XOXO.
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