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Salman and me
So I know why I was in Orlando earlier this week — to geek out on cellphones at CTIA — but what I can’t figure out is why Salman Rushdie was down there. I spotted him sitting in first class while boarding my flight back to NYC last night (he was on his cellie talking…
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CTIA
I’m off to Orlando for CTIA, anyone else going?
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That was fast
I’m already back from SXSW. Yesterday’s panel went fairly well (I managed not to say anything too stupid, plus the other panelists were pretty damn sharp), and then I squeezed in a few panels and parties before I had to head back to NYC this afternoon. I won’t go on and on about how all…
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Jean Baudrillard
Jean Baudrillard died yesterday. It’d take more than just a few sentences to even come close to summing up the complexity of his writing, but needless to say his work had a massive influence on me and his thinking figured heavily in both my undergraduate thesis (which was about Baudrillard, Debord, and the Situationist International)…
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This week: PSFK Conference, then SXSW
A couple of speaking engagements this week: First up is the PSFK Conference on Tuesday, March 6th, where I’m speaking in the afternoon on a panel titled “Media as Creative Agency”. Then it’s off to Austin for SXSW, where on Saturday morning I’m speaking on a panel moderated by my old friend Laura Moorhead titled…
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My brush with infamy
I have a confession to make: I starred in a play when I was in high school (Woody Allen’s Play It Again Sam, if you must know). But that’s not why I’m writing this post. The real reason is that my friend John Newman dug up our sophomore yearbook, which just happens to have a…
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Love 2.0
I swear the jackets were her idea! The whole interview (our first together!) is over at GeekSugar.
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Speaking at the PSFK Conference on March 6th
I speak on panels fairly regularly, but the one I’m most looking forward to right now is the PSFK Conference which takes place here in NYC on Tuesday, March 6th. If you’re interested in coming you can check out the line up (and buy tix) here.
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Kool Keith on The White Rapper Show
Hold up, Kool Keith (AKA Dr. Octagon, AKA Black Elvis, AKA Dr. Dooom, AKA Keith Korg) was on The White Rapper Show? He hasn’t done anything all that hot since Matthew, and he didn’t exactly bring the crazy on the show, but still, you gotta give it up. It’s scary how well Dr. Octagonecologyst holds…
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Not Now No Way
There was a time when all you had to tell me about a punk record was that it was from Ohio and the mid-Seventies and I would have bought it; fortunately that rule of thumb resulted in me buying lots of Pagans records. Do yourself a favor and put “Not Now No Way” and “Haven’t…