http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?fid4ct=11105 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:51:00 EST Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:43:00 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss RapidFeeds v0.1 -- http://www.rapidfeeds.com CC-BY-SA (attribution: Respectably French) 60 en http://roflcon.org/images/ROFLCon.png http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?fid4ct=11105 267 212 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ This marks the end of an era. http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989580 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989580 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:51:00 EST How do you see the relationship between yourself and the community around what you create? What was the best experience you’ve had founding that community? The worst? What’s your audience like? Moderator: Chris Kelty, Rice University Panelists: Ryan North (Dinosaur Comics), Randall Munroe (xkcd), moot (4chan) http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989579 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989579 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:43:00 EST How do you see the relationship between yourself and the community around what you create? What was the best experience you’ve had founding that community? The worst? What’s your audience like? Moderator: Chris Kelty, Rice University Panelists: Ryan North (Dinosaur Comics), Randall Munroe (xkcd), moot (4chan) http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989578 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989578 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:43:00 EST How do you see the relationship between yourself and the community around what you create? What was the best experience you’ve had founding that community? The worst? What’s your audience like? Moderator: Chris Kelty, Rice University Panelists: Ryan North (Dinosaur Comics), Randall Munroe (xkcd), moot (4chan) http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989577 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989577 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:43:00 EST Jay Maynard, the Tron Guy, and Matt Harding, of wherethehellismatt.com, discuss their experiences in surviving unexpected fame on the Internet and offer suggestions on dealing with the disruptions it can cause. http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989576 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989576 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:43:00 EST Jay Maynard, the Tron Guy, and Matt Harding, of wherethehellismatt.com, discuss their experiences in surviving unexpected fame on the Internet and offer suggestions on dealing with the disruptions it can cause. http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989575 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989575 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:42:00 EST How did your community form? What do you think is the ultimate positive outcome of your site? The most negative? Where do you think we go from here? Moderator: Anil Dash (Six Apart) Panelists: Matt Haughey (Metafilter), Josh Schacter (del.icio.us), Alexis Ohanian (Reddit), David Lloyd (OCRemix), Drew Curtis (Fark.com) http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989572 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989572 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:42:00 EST How did your community form? What do you think is the ultimate positive outcome of your site? The most negative? Where do you think we go from here? Moderator: Anil Dash (Six Apart) Panelists: Matt Haughey (Metafilter), Josh Schacter (del.icio.us), Alexis Ohanian (Reddit), David Lloyd (OCRemix), Drew Curtis (Fark.com) http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989571 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989571 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:42:00 EST Alice Marwick — “The Fabulous Life of Microcelebrities: The Cultural Logic of Internet Fame” Making it Big — Now that you’re a huge cultural force in your own right, what do you think of popular mainstream culture? Are you inspired by it? Repelled by it? What do you draw from? Listen to anything good lately? Any business models online that you admire? Keynote: Alice Marwick, New York University Moderator: JD Connor, Harvard University Panelists: Rooster Teeth (Red vs. Blue), Brad Neely (Superdeluxe.com), The Brothers Chaps (Homestar Runner), Rob, Kris, Matt, Dave (Cyanide and Happiness) http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989570 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989570 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:42:00 EST Alice Marwick — “The Fabulous Life of Microcelebrities: The Cultural Logic of Internet Fame” Making it Big — Now that you’re a huge cultural force in your own right, what do you think of popular mainstream culture? Are you inspired by it? Repelled by it? What do you draw from? Listen to anything good lately? Any business models online that you admire? Keynote: Alice Marwick, New York University Moderator: JD Connor, Harvard University Panelists: Rooster Teeth (Red vs. Blue), Brad Neely (Superdeluxe.com), The Brothers Chaps (Homestar Runner), Rob, Kris, Matt, Dave (Cyanide and Happiness) http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989569 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989569 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:42:00 EST Anonymous vs the Church of Scientology Moderator: Anonymous Panelists: Anonymous http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989568 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989568 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:42:00 EST Anonymous vs the Church of Scientology Moderator: Anonymous Panelists: Anonymous http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989566 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989566 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:42:00 EST Why are all these people dancing in front of their computers? How does it change the way that dance crazes move around the world? Join us to explore the culture of the online dance craze. We’ll be analyzing several recent trends, and, for anyone interested, making a video of our own! http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989565 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989565 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:42:00 EST Why are all these people dancing in front of their computers? How does it change the way that dance crazes move around the world? Join us to explore the culture of the online dance craze. We’ll be analyzing several recent trends, and, for anyone interested, making a video of our own! http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989564 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989564 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:42:00 EST How has the commercialization of internet culture has affected the ecology of online community? How have community and participatory practices online affected commercial culture and how we understand the relationship between consumers and producers? Moderator: Xiaochang Li, Comparative Media Studies/Convergence Culture Consortium, MIT Panelists: Benjamin Palmer (Barbarian Group), The Wexley School for Girls, Evan White, Brett Zaccardi (Street Attack), Fred Benenson (Creative Commons) http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989561 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989561 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:42:00 EST Dude, How Stuff White People Like went from just another blog to over 20 million page views in 3 months. What happened? http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989558 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989558 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:42:00 EST Starring iJustine, What the Buck, Brookers, and Rhett & Link. http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989557 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989557 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:42:00 EST Starring iJustine, What the Buck, Brookers, and Rhett & Link. http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989556 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1989556 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:42:00 EST Want to see some cool/weird/and/or/entertaining stuff you’ve probably never seen before? Our fearless presenters dredged the bottom of the internets for video awesomeness that hasn’t boiled up to the top top yet. Additionally, the program will open with some world premieres of videos from ROFLCon Guests — you’ll be the first audience. http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1198579 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1198579 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:42:00 EST Want to see some cool/weird/and/or/entertaining stuff you’ve probably never seen before? Our fearless presenters dredged the bottom of the internets for video awesomeness that hasn’t boiled up to the top top yet. Additionally, the program will open with some world premieres of videos from ROFLCon Guests — you’ll be the first audience. http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1198573 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1198573 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:42:00 EST How did you start doing what you do? What motivated you to use internet culture against established forces? What allowed you to mobilize attention against the non-internet world? Did it happen unintentionally? Moderator: Lana Swartz, Comparative Media Studies, MIT Panelists: Dino Ignacio (Bert Is Evil), Leslie Hall (Gem Sweater), Justine Ezarik (iJustine), Ji Lee (Bubble Project), Eric Schoenborn (ACLU) http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1198568 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1198568 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:42:00 EST How did you start doing what you do? What motivated you to use internet culture against established forces? What allowed you to mobilize attention against the non-internet world? Did it happen unintentionally? Moderator: Lana Swartz, Comparative Media Studies, MIT Panelists: Dino Ignacio (Bert Is Evil), Leslie Hall (Gem Sweater), Justine Ezarik (iJustine), Ji Lee (Bubble Project), Eric Schoenborn (ACLU) http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1198567 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1198567 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:42:00 EST As ROFLCon celebrates the recent explosion of Internet memes, a bit of history is in order. Starting over 100 years ago, computer historian Jason Scott walks through a couple dozen examples of the roots of memes, their effects, and even a few early net-based memes now obscured by the sands of time. http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1198565 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/ http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1198565 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:42:00 EST As ROFLCon celebrates the recent explosion of Internet memes, a bit of history is in order. Starting over 100 years ago, computer historian Jason Scott walks through a couple dozen examples of the roots of memes, their effects, and even a few early net-based memes now obscured by the sands of time. http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1198564 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/ http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1198564 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:42:00 EST Just a few announcements from the conference floor. http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1198563 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/ http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1198563 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:42:00 EST How do you see the development of the LOLCat? What do you think people will think of the LOLCat when they look back in 30 years? Moderator: Alexis Ohanian Panelists: “Cheez” (I Can Has Cheezburger), Martin Grondin (LOLCat Bible), Ryan and Arija (LOLSecretz), Stephen Granades (LOLTrek), Adam Lindsay (LOLCode) http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1198560 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/ http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1198560 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:42:00 EST How do you see the development of the LOLCat? What do you think people will think of the LOLCat when they look back in 30 years? Moderator: Alexis Ohanian Panelists: “Cheez” (I Can Has Cheezburger), Martin Grondin (LOLCat Bible), Ryan and Arija (LOLSecretz), Stephen Granades (LOLTrek), Adam Lindsay (LOLCode) http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1198557 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/ http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1198557 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:42:00 EST WELCOME & OPENING KEYNOTE: David Weinberger — “Famous on the Web” — Fame has been something done to us, a consequence of broadcast media’s chokehold on our attention. What happens when we’re all famous to fifteen people? What is fame like outside of mass culture? YOU CAN GET PAID FOR THIS?: MAKING SOME BUCKS — How do you make money? Are you making lots of money? Has all that money corrupted you? How about now? Are you a fluke are you generalizable? What are some other ways the rest of us can make money? Please? Moderator: David Weinberger Panelists: Kyle Macdonald (One Red Paperclip), Joe Mathelete (Joe Mathelete Explains Marmaduke), Ian Spector (Chuck Norris Facts), Andy Ochiltree (JibJab.com), Andrew Baron (Rocketboom), Alex Tew (The Million Dollar Homepage) http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1044571 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/ http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1044571 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:42:00 EST How do you make money? Are you making lots of money? Has all that money corrupted you? How about now? Are you a fluke are you generalizable? What are some other ways the rest of us can make money? Please? Moderator: David Weinberger Panelists: Kyle Macdonald (One Red Paperclip), Joe Mathelete (Joe Mathelete Explains Marmaduke), Ian Spector (Chuck Norris Facts), Andy Ochiltree (JibJab.com), Andrew Baron (Rocketboom), Alex Tew (The Million Dollar Homepage) http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1044570 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/ http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1044570 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:40:00 EST How do you make money? Are you making lots of money? Has all that money corrupted you? How about now? Are you a fluke are you generalizable? What are some other ways the rest of us can make money? Please? Moderator: David Weinberger Panelists: Kyle Macdonald (One Red Paperclip), Joe Mathelete (Joe Mathelete Explains Marmaduke), Ian Spector (Chuck Norris Facts), Andy Ochiltree (JibJab.com), Andrew Baron (Rocketboom), Alex Tew (The Million Dollar Homepage) http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1044569 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/ http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1044569 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:39:00 EST