Susan Cain is a Harvard educated lawyer and well-regarded public speaker on the topic of introversion and leadership. She also once needed a water bottle…
Last night a bunch of folks of Twitter said tearful good byes to Chicago’s next mayor. Kinda. @mayoremanuel was the profane parody Twitter persona of…
[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…
If you have watched television since February, especially sports programming, then you have likely seen at least one of the Old Spice commercials, The Man…
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…
[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…
Due to the difficult line determining what is commercial and non-commercial use of copyrighted materials, Creative Commons has recently completed a study regarding this issue…
Once again, there may be another Gidget remake — the type that stars Miley Cyrus or other starlets of her ilk in a “fun on…
The paradox is to wield Che in an attack on [capitalism], its critics must participate in it. They engage in the act of consuming Che….