Roy Christopher- an Outline

Before the conference:

The medium is the message. - Marshal McLuhan
Hamlet and Montainge were the first to give a window into thought that has now been copied by many who publish works today.

The Conference:

Ted Newcomb: Questions for Roy-

Q: How did you get involved in the internet?
A: mid 90's web developments and advertisements with BMX racing. The wed seemed like the next logical step.
Q: What got you more involved?
A: got more and more into computers and sucked in through jourmalism.
Q: Do you find balancing your time a struggle?
A: It's a mix. It's a wierd and complex mix of balancing time.
Q:Why did you self publish?
A: There wasn't a market for the type of book that he wanted to publish. The book was meant to be short, and read in short intervals.
Q: Were you surprised by the quick response? (to the book)
A: More surprised by the slow response. People now understand the cross-pollenation of ideas.
Q:What's your take on the re-mix culture?
A: Hip hop plays a major role. More and more people are figuring the culture out now.
Q:What are you working on now?
A: Ph.D and a book.

Important ideas:
The web represents an advent horizon.
Regression of ideas, people teaching what they consider to be the basics and fundementals more than the new technology is an expression of a new horizon.

Is it possible that the medium is no longer the message? - what can we currently use that is more important than the medium?

To participate in the digital age you need to be prepared. Program or be programmed.

Mobile is changing the dynamic of the age. The computer is supplanting the television. There is an irreplacable at home aspect to to being at home that mobile will never replace. We're not watching T.V. on a phone instead of a flat-screen!
Technology can create challenges in communication. Digital Natives squeeze out analogs.

Trust the youth. all generations have problems trusting the next.

"The future is already here- it's just unevenly distributed."