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Adding Value to Paid Porn with Quentin Boyer
After sharing my time at SXSW and my proposal for the “iTunes of porn,” I received an email from Quentin Boyer, the ill-fated host of the Democratization of Porn session I had originally sought out. He apologized for not being … Continue reading
How I Ended up Proposing a New Distribution Platform For Porn
As a driver of technology, the adult entertainment industry (porn) generally gets little to no attention in the classrooms of the MCDM–and of the hundreds of sessions at SXSW Interactive, only two broached the subject. I don’t think we should … Continue reading
Even SXSW Panels Can Be Wrong
I kicked off Day 2 of SXSW with one of Interactive’s Featured Sessions, Top Chef: How Transmedia is Changing TV. Driven by both a personal and academic interest, not only was I looking forward to seeing Tom Colicchio and Andy … Continue reading
Getting schooled at SXSW
The schedule at SXSW Interactive can be quite intimidating to say the least. Every hour session block is teeming with great lessons–and at times I have no less than five different talks I want to get to. Since I have … Continue reading
UW Flashmob Brings Together Robots for Peace
Today on the UW Seattle Campus, thousands of students, faculty, staff and community members joined together at the request of The Make-A-Wish Foundation. They contacted the campus community through email and Facebook in mid-January about a flash mob for Alex, … Continue reading
May your New Year be full of data!
Twenty Twelve heralds my last two quarters as an MCDM student and in the last few years I’ve seen a few changes in my life as a result of my time spent in this program. One major change would be … Continue reading
DRIVE 2011
Alas, I am not talking about Ryan Gosling’s new film, nominated for the Palm d’Or at this year’s Cannes, the DRIVE I’m talking about is a data and reporting conference put together by the University of Washington’s Advancement Reporting group. … Continue reading
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