I’m a huge fan. I read Convergence Culture to do a review on it for Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, and I got to see Henry Jenkins at the Association of Internet Researchers in Vancouver last October. I have been evangelizing about him ever since. I am most impressed with they way he talks about […]

Here’s a video the Onion showed at their presentation. Among the best lines was, “Big budgets stifle creativity. A smaller budget forces creativity.” Ninja Parade Slips Through Town Unnoticed Once Again Marc Speir

This is my “in anticipation for the Onion panel” post.Since looking at the schedule a few weeks ago, this has been the one panel I have looked forward to the most. I think I may have done that embarrassing get-excited-when-you’re-by-yourself jump and semi-squeal when I saw it on the schedule. I have a had a […]

I know I’ve been a bit absent on the blog over the past couple of days. Saturday, I distributed equipment to the students attending, which left me with only a camcorder to record the days events. But, I am so proud of the work that the students have accomplished so far. The breadth and depth […]

Hello again, Okay, the audience of the international panel was a lot more diverse than the panel. In fact I had to get Fazia in the shot to get a little global rep in my photo: The panel on international communities included 3 Americans, a Brit, and a Portuguese moderator. Hey, two continents is kinda […]

Analee Newitz is the moderator of the Social Networking Coups panel. She says there are three kinds of user revolts: anarchist-style pranks grassroots protests op-ed / open letter from high-profile users Also on the panel is Jessamyn West, Jeska Dzwigalski (aka Jeska Linden, as in Linden Labs, as in Second Life. Duh), and Gina Trapani. […]

The Onion does all of its web video in house because they didn’t want to lose creative control. They wanted to have high quality production to rival the evening news. The majority of anchors are actual reporters with news experience because actors couldn’t successfully reproduce the blandness of news anchors. One Onion anchor actually ended […]