Author's Note: I've been asked to be on a potential panel for the 2026 Association of Internet Researchers that will be a gathering of scholars that have focused on and written books about creators and influencers. This proposal is being organized by the brilliant Daniela Jaramillo Dent and Crystal Abidin....
The Psychology of Zelda has allowed me to travel throughout the United States to promote the book. This type of travel would typically be limited to going to Barnes and Noble throughout Ohio to sign copies of the book. I have been fortunate enough however to go to conferences to...
The following was my panel pitch for the 2016 SxSWEDU Conference Ohio Northern University (ONU) created a new program "Multimedia Journalism" as a response to the change the media economy. Part of this change meant folding the local campus newspaper (Northern Review) into the rest of the media at ONU and...
According to the Brookings Institution (2004) and several other key economic and technology thinktanks, there is a notable skills gap occuring in the marketplace that is affecting businesses (especially businesses in the tech sector) in their ability to find skilled employees to fill entry & mid-level job openings. This session...
The following was my panel pitch for the 2013 SxSW Conference for the Government and Civic Engagement track During the course of previous election cycles, it is easy to observe how the ideas and the beliefs of the candidates at the national and regional levels get boiled down to sound bites and talking points....
As my presentation for SxSW is coming closer, I felt it was time to clarify some of the concepts from my discussion of nanocelebrity. Perhaps the most important to look at is the concept of reach. Normally, reach is discussed as an effect of the network itself. People can connect...
