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Get On Board with Remote-First Work
After the pandemic, the TXC-suite executives asked our employees, “You guys really wanna go back to the office?” Ever since, remote-first work at TXC became a way of life, while we doubled down with snazzy new office space downtown. We’re very much into the idea of having our cake and eating it too – wherever we’re most comfortable.
We discovered that it’s actually fairly easy to connect in a post dial-up internet world. Connection within our existing teams happens easily through Sla

The Subtle Art of Making Data Look Cool: My Annual Report Obsession
I have been around print and art for as long as I can remember, it’s definitely shaped my life and ultimately my career. My dad worked at a print shop, and my mom is a fine artist – I am the ultimate combination of both worlds.
Print is something I was always drawn to, whether that was seeing the presses at my dads work running large sheets of paper full of text and design or seeing my moms old hippy poster designs full of swirling and dancing text. And now, in my career, I have found myself

From DrupalCon Insights to Industry Impact: Embracing Open Source AI
By Art Williams
Ever since I attended DrupalCon Portland 2024, Alex Salkever's keynote on open source AI has been echoing in my thoughts. As someone who's been knee-deep in the tech world—and with Texas Creative's long-standing commitment to open-source solutions—Salkever’s insights struck a chord that's worth sharing.
The Essence of Open Source AI
Salkever emphasized that open source AI (not to be confused with OpenAI) is pivotal for ethical development and societal benefit. Open source fosters transpare

Teaming up for a Winning 2025 Strategy
Football season has officially kicked off – which means the year is basically over.
I know, I know. You’re barely blowing the heat off the first sip of your pumpkin spice latte, but this is the “There are only X weekends till Christmas” talk we need to have. Because if you’re an entrepreneur, business exec or in any sort of project planning position, it’s already time to get in the 2025 mindset.
TXC is in full planning mode for the new year, which means we’re guiding each of the cl

Home sweet Houston Street: Celebrating a year of hybrid workspace at the Rand in downtown San Antonio
By Josh Norman
The summer of 2023 saw Texas Creative claim space in downtown San Antonio for the first time in our nearly 40-year history. It was an ambitious move for our agency, which had always called San Antonio’s Northside home. How has the pivot from “outside the loop” (Loop 410, that is) to “deep in the heart of San Antonio'' unfolded over the past year?
Location, migration, location
The ball started rolling towards Houston Street for us much longer ago than one year. We had spent nearly two yea