May 21, 2008
My ROFLCon documentary is airing this morning at 11:30 ET on CBC radio, and again Saturday at 4pm. It features Tron Guy, David Weinberger, Leslie Hall and Anil Dash. Yay!
It’s also up on the Spark blog for your on demand listening pleasure (skip to 17:51).
For my first ever time doing radio, I think it turned out pretty well! Nora Young was super nice and took the time to coach me through the voice stuff to make sure it sounded good. How lucky is that? She has a cult following for having such an amazing radio voice (well, that AND being brainy, obviously). Also a big thanks to Luke Walker for being my crew in Boston.
Tags: cbc, spark, roflcon, academic, thesis
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April 29, 2008
I’m back from ROFLCon (*tear*) with my computer full of interviews with internet celebs and thinkers, which I’m working on turning into a radio doc for CBC’s Spark. I’m just working out with the folks at Spark about what to do with all of the extra audio that doesn’t make the doc (there’s so much good stuff!), but until then, here’s the full video of me interviewing Tron Guy that Luke recorded.
You can also check out the guest blogging I did on the Spark blog. I posted my wrap up last night.
Tags: video, mit, jay maynard, tron guy, cbc, travel, roflcon, spark, boston, academic
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April 27, 2008
There was a rumour (on the internets!!1) that Leslie Hall’s mother was going to be at ROFLCon. I have a theory that awesome women usually have awesome mothers, so I just had to talk to Leslie’s. I found Rena Hall at Leslie’s t-shirt booth, adding the finishing touches to the gold corn shoulderpads for that evening’s show (yes, she made the original Gold Pants too!). She agreed to do an interview with me and Luke about what it’s like to literally give birth to an internet meme but only if Leslie said yes (aww), which she did, but in exchange we had to audition for a spot she was doing for G4tv. What a rough deal. I ate a donut and did the robot dance, but that’s another story…
So without further ado: the “godmother of the internets” in me and Luke interview Rena Hall (a k4t3.org/lukewalker.org exclusive)!
PS My blog entries from day one and two of ROFLCon are up on the Spark blog, plus lots of piccies on Flickr.
Tags: rena hall, leslie hall, roflcon, academic
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April 23, 2008
Luke, my ever trusty internet conference co-adventurer and mischief maker and I are off this afternoon on our two-day geek pilgrimage roadtrip to Boston for ROFLCon. We’re going to stop in Syracuse to go to TGI Friday’s, which I’m probably way more excited about than I should be.
I’m going to be guest blogging my adventures (check out that link… see me and Zuck are BFFs for evah, really!) on the Spark blog this weekend as well as creating a short radio doc which should air May 21 (!!!) I’m going to be interviewing the I Can Has Cheezburger? guys, David Weinberger, Tron Guy, Leslie Hall, Dinosaur Comic’s Ryan North, Leeroy Jenkins and Anil Dash to find out what they think about the whole crazy internet meme thing and why we love them so much. If you have any questions you want me to ask please post them!
(At the risk of sounding like a total cheesy fan girl, this is just about the Best Thing Ever because not only do I love me my internet memes, I’m a huge fan of the CBC, Spark and the show’s host, Nora Young, who I’ve thought was the bee’s knees since she hosted DNTO and a hero for women in technology everywhere. When I went treeplanting, I took a wind up radio so I could listen to the CBC in my tent. </fangirl>).
Holy crap I’m excited! Time to go re-cultivate my layer of apathetic cool professionalism.
Tags: travel, cbc, boston, spark, roflcon, academic
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March 22, 2008
Everyone wants to know what the next big thing on the internets is gonna be… At SXSW everyone wanted to know” what’s the new Twitter?” We’ll I’m not exactly sure, but I think it has something to do with lulz.
Why? One word: ROFLCon…
Mix up a bunch of super famous internet memes, some brainy academics, a big audience, dump them in Cambridge, MA and you’ve got ROFLCon…
It’s a group dissection of internet culture. What makes it work, why it works, how it works. We’ll talk about where internet culture has been and where we think it’s going.
Then, there’ll be parties. A music show, with memes performing their work live. And then a big blowout party at the end, with everyone dancing and rocking out.
Needless to say, this might be the most important gathering since the fall of the tower of Babel.
The lineup of serious biznass people includes David Weinberger, Josh Schacter (the guy who made deli.cio.us), Anil Dash from Six Apart, while the crazy fun internet memes include Leslie Hall, the Homestar Runner guys, Tron Guy and Leeroy Jenkins! It strikes me as totally weird, amazing and important that all these crazy fabulouses are converging for discussion of something so ridiculous and fun as internet memes. I mean, Facebook is so serious and corporate in comparison… and blue-coloured. What does it all mean?! I’ll tell you when I get back cuz all I know right now is that I’m going to throw up I’m so excited.
(PS there’s still room in the car if any of y’all wanna drive down with me and Lukezors!)
Tags: roflcon, internetculture, memes, academic, thesis, internets
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