[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFGs6U6Bnb4] Fandoms, like any type of subculture, have different shorthand ways of discussing things that only make sense within the group — such as frequently…
The New York Times recently had an article on LOLcats, specifically the ICanHasCheezburger site, and I wondered, what took so long? Is it because it…
Until recently, Clay Shirky was best known as the author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. The book was widely praised…
Yesterday’s announcements from Facebook’s latest developer conference, F8. dropped news of major changes that have rattled online privacy advocates (and everyday users). I am among…
So to start my series of posts about SXSW, I’m starting with a discussion of one of the books focused on during one of the…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEpj9w1yz64] On this blog, we write often about the value of fan-created works, about how fans use their creativity, using works created and owned by…
Around about the end of last year, all the big shit web 2.0 blogs started to pull together their prediction list for 2010. I was…
The soap opera was once defined in part as providing worlds without end, as some have put it: fictional worlds that carry on daily for…
Recently, the power of the fangirl has been seen as having potential economic power, especially with the huge opening of New Moon. And regardless of…
Greg Kot’s Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music is a must-read for those interested in how economics combined with listener actions have led the…