about

… me
Hi! I’m Kate. I’m an internet researcher, some time tech journalist, and the Director of Social Media at Giant Dice, which I co-founded with David Fono. I’m currently working on my PhD at the Curtin University of Technology’s Internet Studies program with the guidance of Helen Merrick, Matthew Allen and Philip Moore. My thesis is an ethnographic study that follows the lives of a small group of 20-something Facebook users in Toronto, Canada (home of the world’s second largest geographical Facebook network).

Before starting my PhD, I worked for number of high tech organisations and NGOs doing social media engagement and research, including the youth-focused TakingITGlobal. I have an honours degree from the University of Toronto in Semiotics & Communication Theory and Philosophy (double major), and I’m a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre’s Media Lab.

… the blogue
kay.four.tee.three is a re-blog of the juiciest smarty-pants bits of my ever trusty livejournal, which I’ve had since before blogging was cool. This way, you don’t have to read about my obsession with lolcats or global kitkat varieties.

kay.four.tee.three runs on wordpress and is neatly integrated with livejournal thanks to the hacking genius of David Fono.