Sean Savage (cheesebikini.com) to attend SF ROFLThing

If you haven’t already registered for the San Francisco ROFLThing end of August, you best do so soon. We’re lining up a pretty sweet group of speakers and special guests for you guys to chatter and mingle with, so act now while supplies last.

Along those lines, Sean Savage, blogger extraordinaire and coiner of the phrase “flash mob” to describe these weird internet organized clusters of people doing weird things way back in the day (and by back in the day, I mean 2003, which is like going back to Mesopotamia in internet time), has just let us know that he’ll be attending said event. Maybe we’ll get lucky and Sean will establish a new phrase to describe what’s been going down since that fateful April weekend.

Confidential to the uninitiated: don’t know what a flash mob is? CHECK IT.

New “Where the Hell is Matt?” Video

It seems like every day we hear some news about one of our esteemed conference guests and their new (or old) shenanigans. And that’s great; so great, that we like to blog about it whenever we hear about said shenanigans.

Matt Harding, who had a sweet panel with Tron Guy at ROFLCon, has just released his 2008 “Where the Hell is Matt?” video, and it’s awesome. 42 countries in this one! Pretty astounding – take a look and see how many places you recognize. Or have heard of.

ROFLing in the Middle West – A Call to Action

There’s a somewhat pervasive belief that the super tech-savvy, Web 2.0, internet aficinado, 21st century hipster types tend to congregate on the coasts of the country rather than concentrating at all in the middle. We, however, don’t believe this is true. For that reason, we’re hoping to throw a fiesta of some kind in the third largest city in the country, Chicago, the home of the best damn pizza in the country and two of the best baseball teams in the league.

We’re enlisting the fine soldiers of the middle for help and advice, whether you’re a company who might consider sponsorship, an internet celebrity who missed out on the Boston extravaganza this April and wants to jump on the fun train now, or just a fan of the tubes. So, troops: what kinds of things would you like to see come to a theater near you? Any thoughts on where you might like to see something happen? Do you just want to help in some way? Hit me up at carrie AT roflcon dot org with your ideas, thoughts, and love.

as a side note: I realize I may annoy the south Chi-town crowd by posting a picture of Wrigley Field rather than the Cell. In honor of year 100 for the Cubbies, I felt I had to. Sorry.

We Need Moar Videos!

While endless sunshine, beach-going, and weekly barbecues (read: being away from the internets) are inevitable this time of year, we’re pretty sure that many of you ROFLCon alumni and friends will be excited to learn that there are FOUR new videos up of some badass talks.

Now available, courtesy Respectably French: The YouTube Stars, Anonymous, Work It, Move It, Bang It, Bump It, and From Wordpress to the NY Times with Christian Lander (Stuff White People Like).

As always, everything else is available here or at Archive.org. Enjoy!