This is a well deserved thank you to the organizers of the Space, Place, and Imagination conference last weekend at the University of Rhode Island.

I will post more about the conference soon, but I wanted to post some resources for those who attended my presentation (thank you).

• Annoymously ISO Experience – The original article that kicked off this research, including the “I missed the connection with DC” post
• Theoretical (Missed) Connections (including Video) – These are my notes from when I originally posted the video I showed during my presentation. It’s a nice overview of my research, and it is set too good music no less.
• Responses to the Video – A lot of people had questions about the creation of the video, and there were some funny stories. You can read about how this video resulted in some unexpected missed connections of my own.
• Bridges between the Real and Digital World – During my presentation, I tried to argue that craigslist can actually shape the real world in ways that we might not expect. Here are two posts showing how this has happened, one about night clubs, and one featuring some incredible artists.
• The abstract for my presentation

If that list doesn’t satiate, site back and enjoy the film piece all over again!

I am off to the University of Rhode Island! This weekend I am presenting at the Space, Place and the Imagination conference. craigslist will be the subject of choice, and if you are feeling left out you can read the abstract here.

I will be on a panel featuring some really interesting analysis of identity in spaces. The other presenters are predominantly focused on literature, so I will have to report back once I hear their presentations, skim their papers, and realize its all over my head.

Because my presentation is based on an ongoing research project, I thought I would provide a creative summary instead of a already outdated 20 page paper. Click on the thumbnail, and take a peek.

UPDATE: The conference peeps called me today and asked if it would be okay to move my presentation to the session on “Hostile Spaces.” I paused for a moment, smiled while thinking about Disciplinary Regulation, and said “Absolutely.” This is going to be fun.

Apparently Jones Soda has decided that the best way to enjoy your burger and soda is in lulz. Yup, that is right. Those furry, yet grammatically challenged creatures are now pimping soda, leaving the internet community saying “Do no want!” (and looking for a bucket).

I once dated someone who famously said “When the Ann Taylor moves in, the gentrification is complete.” With the kittens selling out/corporately appropriated, will LOLartists be moving on to a trendier meme? Or will they open an Ann Taylor charge card and participate in the label competition?

via The Slog (read the comments, they are amazing)

Ready for something amazing? This last Friday I got to see what other people think about craigslist for a change.

Civilian Art Projects held an opening reception for a show titled “craigslist” featuring work inspired by the site and its occupants (Read on Civilian’s website here, and Steve’s coverage, and awesome photos, here, and then my Flickr photos here).

The curatorial write up captured exactly what I have been arguing over the past year:

A curious outcome of our global internet society is that while we are more hyper-connected than ever, our identities have become increasingly malleable to the point of anonymity… Anonymity can bring out the adventurous side of people, particularly when it comes to exploring socially transgressive situations. In this exhibition, the artists take full advantage of this growing social identity phenomenon and investigate how anonymity generates a new kind of portraiture.

This was readily apparent in Jason Zimmerman‘s pieces. (more…)

(This is the fourth post of a multi-post series on the relationship between the real and digital world. To read them all, start here, and continue here and here.)

“Does anyone know when the new ‘primetime’ is?” Dr. Tinkcom posed this question one day during a critical theory seminar. We had been discussing advertising and the impact of the Internet on traditional television viewership. Several students hypothesized that busy schedules had shifted prime-time back a couple hours. Others, myself included, wondered if it had been obliterated all together.

“Its between 8 and 9 in the morning, and 5 and 7 at night,” he answered, but then asked: “Does anyone know why?” Considering my own penchant for anything in syndication, I figured it was due to shows like The Simpsons and King of the Hill that show across the nation during the 5-7 time block. It was one of my quieter peers who answered his question correctly. “Commuters,” she said simply. (more…)