ROFLCon Day Two

The race, age and gender questions came up again during the second day. It is hard not to notice that a lot of the internet entrepreneurs at the conference tended to be young, white guys. Every time the race/age/gender question was asked or was brought up, there was a reluctance by the audience to engage and explore.

There were a lot of fanboys and fangirls at the panels. Most of their questions were fan-specific, and did not really have an academic slant. Do we really need to hear the Homestar Runner guys do their voices in person?

I realized at the conference that I am not a zealous consumer of entertainment media on the Internet.

I did enjoy the marketing panel, but I would have liked to have seen a traditional marketer on stage. Ben Palmer from the Barbarian Group is now labeled “the punk rock marketing guy.” Katie Dreke from Wexley School for Girls had a well-timed and intellectual comment on Wal-Mart . But I only say that because I work at Wal-Mart.

The last note I have is about rickrolling. Enough is enough! It was funny once or twice, but now it is supremely annoying.