It’s easy to write off Internet memes — Double Rainbow Guy, LOLcats — as trivial entertainment. But then a funny thing happened at ROFLCon where I learned that seemingly silly memes say a lot about us as a culture and they definitely bear examination. Read more »
The big news out of ROFLCon is that this is the last ROFLCon. So if you want to catch your favorite “Famous on the Internet” stars — Tron Guy, Double Rainbow Guy, the Nyancats — you better get to MIT Building 26 in the next few hours. Read more »
While hundreds of millions of dollars will be spent on television ads in the run up to the 2012 Presidential election, the real trench warfare will take place in Internet memes, says Daniel Sinker, the creator of the Rahm Emanuel for Mayor twitter feed. Read more »
We love our memes here at camp NewTeeVee. Rick Astley, angry Hitler, cute kittens, drugged-out kids: The web video world wouldn’t be half as exciting without all those viral goodies, which is why we’re very much looking forward to this Friday and Saturday, when the 2nd […] Read more »
