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Remix music video for Pogo’s Alice A few weeks ago I came across this most amazing collision of music, animation and technology via a tweet from Youtube ethnographer Mike Wesch. This led me to ‘Alice’ (above), which led me to electronic music and mashup artist, Pogo. Given my own recent explorations of remix culture and [...]

I recently had the pleasure to talk with wired educator and online writer Lisa Mansfield for an article about the benefits and challenges of using social media in the classroom. From the interview: LM: What Advantages Does Social Media Afford Educators? MM: Social media is a great tool for bringing the classroom to life. I [...]

Along with her education piece, Lisa Mansfield also spoke with me about using social media in the workplace. From the interview: LM: “What Advantages Does Social Media Have in a Work Environment? MM: For my corporate clients, social media serves as a means of extending their brand reach, driving traffic to their websites and offering [...]

My article was originally published in Mindjack Magazine (2004) April 19 , 2004 | As I write this, another journalist is explaining what a blog is for the first time. Quite possibly, they are describing blogging as a trend created by actor Wil Wheaton. Most likely, they’re announcing how blogs have just “hit” the mainstream. [...]

My article below was originally published in Mindjack Magazine online. October 28, 2002 | There has never been a better time to read the work of comic book legend Warren Ellis. From the formulaic pornography of news coverage to the on-going ineptitude of our world “leaders”, Ellis delivers an intelligent and savagely funny antidote to [...]