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So, I did some research on ChatRoulette, and…

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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The Creativity of the Auteur v. The Creativity of the Innovator: Rebuild of Evangelion

In my last article (Anno as Auteur: Researching Anime Research), I positioned Hideaki Anno (director of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Kare Kano, etc.) as an auteur. That is, a director whose creative power exceeds the studio system (ie., multiple creative artists laboring on the same work) to form a unified vision that provides the director with [...]

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We’re Back…

But then off again to Anime Expo!
Sorry for the aberrant hiatus, everyone. Been really busy in the past few weeks with:
- Open Video Conference, where I spoke about the anime fandom’s balancing act of video culture and copyright law
- Web Ecology Project: We released a white paper full of quantitative analysis about how ideas move [...]

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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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