Author Archives: Alex Leavitt

ChatRoulette Interview

By Alex Leavitt | Published: 13 March 2010

I think interviews for media are hilarious only because I like to guess what the interviewer will glean for his or her article. I answered an email Q&A for a reporter named Laura Casey, who works for the San Jose Mercury News. Her article is online (Chatroulette is the Web’s latest sensation), but it only [...]

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Fixing the Anime Con Schedule

By Alex Leavitt | Published: 9 March 2010

I honestly don’t know why anime convention schedules are still such a big issue.
The problem:
Anime con schedules guests, panels, events. Anime con prints schedule one month to two weeks before con. Two weeks before con, schedule changes drastically: panels are added or dropped, events are moved, guests are canceled.
The solution:
Google Docs.
Anime fandom at conventions [...]

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So, I did some research on ChatRoulette, and…

By Alex Leavitt | Published: 7 March 2010

I made it into the New York Times. I’ve been working on the Web Ecology Project for the past year, and these small projects seem to pay off in pleasant ways.
Strangers in the Net, Exchanging Glances
Also, I’m cited in the Wall Street Journal.
Chatroulette, by the Numbers
Also also, the Huffington Post.
ChatRoulette In Park Slope: Private Goes [...]

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  • Department of Alchemy


    Connecting the dots between popular media and social culture.

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    The Department of Alchemy approaches American, Japanese, and international digital culture from a critical, analytical (and sometimes quite academic) perspective.
    The blog provides commentary, news, essays, reviews, reports, presentations, audio/video, and general thoughts for a mainstream audience, with intended respect to the context of the works and the broader society that encompasses them.

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    See me speak at Ignite Boston 7 at Microsoft NERD in Boston, MA, on 4 March 2010.


    See me speak at Penny Arcade Expo East in Boston, MA, from March 26th - 28th, 2010.


    See me speak at the Popular Culture Association National Conference in St. Louis, MI, from March 31st - April 3rd, 2010.


    See me speak at Anime Boston in Boston, MA, from April 2nd - 4th, 2010.


    Meet me at ROFLcon II in Boston, MA, from April 30th - May 1st, 2010.


    Meet me at Anime Expo in Los Angeles, CA, from July 1st - 4th, 2010.


    Meet me at Otakon in Baltimore, MD, from July 30th - August 1st, 2010.

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