I'm a member of the copyleft FFFFF.AT Lab and study the science of the internets at Rocketboom.
I teach the Internet Famous Class at Parsons, where your grade depends on your online popularity.
As seen on
NBC,
TIME,
CNN,
Gawker,
BuzzFeed
, ArtNews
posts tagged 'famo'
“Go forth America… and get your fame on.”
Aired on WNBC on Feb. 19th, 2008
Check some behind the scenes photos
Props to interviewed students ShannonEmigh.com and DanProvost.com
p.s. we <3 Obama girl
Update 12/24 midnight: article also just got cross-posted to cnn.com
Internet Famous class got a great writeup on TIME.com today: link
Choice excerpt from a student:
“You have to be creative, especially in this class, to get an A. Why do you think I’m talking to you? This story is going online with my name, isn’t it? That’s more famo, right there.”
I also hosted a meme-documentary episode of Rocketboom earlier this week: Know Your Meme: Rickroll