Chris Troutman

Mad Men on Twitter

Tuesday afternoon Helen Klein Ross of Supporting Characters, Michael Bissell  president of  Conquent  and Carri Bugbee  president of  Big Deal PR, had a confession to make- they have not exactly been completely honest with everyone. In particular, Betty Drapper is not Betty Drapper, she is Helen Ross. Roger Sterling is not Roger Sterling, he is Michael Bissell. And Peggy Olson is not Peggy Olson, […]

Notes and Commentary on "Ur Blog Sux and Print is Dead"

Ur Blog Sux and Print is Dead, with Ben Huh, CEO of I Can Has Cheezburger? and FAIL Blog, Christian Lander Writer of Stuff White People Like, Kerry Miller of passiveaggressivenotes.com, Heather Armstrong President of Blurbodoocery Inc. and Ana Marie Cox National Correspondent for Air America, brought laughs and insight to the crowd gathered in […]

Quitters panel...

Monday afternoon Bryan Mason Founder of Small Batch Inc, Ryan Freitas Director of Product Design for Plinky, Christopher Sacca Managing Director of Lowercase Capital and Laura Mayes Co-founder of Kirtsy discussed how to quit your job and do what you want to do. Mason took the panelists through a short check list of what to […]

Politics, Technology, and Pop Culture

Politics, Technology, and Pop Culture, comprised of Lawrence Lessig of Stanford Law School, Alex Wellen, Deputy Political Director of Digital Content at CNNPolitics.com, Dan Patterson of ABC News, Tom Serres CEO of Piryx Inc, Amber Ettinger (Obama Girl) and Mark McKinnon Vice Chairman of Public Strategies Inc.     McKinnon, commented on the earlier Republican […]

IM Video Journalism with David Dunkley Gyimah

At the Integrated Multimedia Video Journalism panel with David Dunkley Gyimah, British VJ(video journalist, lecturer and publisher of View Magazine. Gyimah began his video career with BBC had a stint at Channel One as a VJ then back to BBC and is now a Lecturer and two years into a PhD study. Gyimah defines VJ […]