JESS3 Sponsors R0FLC0N

Things have been predictably nuts as we get into the home stretch here at ROFLCon-HQ, but I’m thrilled to announce today that we’ve confirmed a late-breaking sponsorship from Jesse Thomas and the good folks over at JESS3!

JESS3 is a DC-based crew of folks that specialize in some of the most gorgeous (and informative!) dataviz ever to hit the web IMHO, and we’re excited to have them aboard the ROFLCon train.

To boot, ROFLCon coincides with Jesse’s 30th birthday, so be sure to wish that guy many happy returns and all that if you see him around.

Also potentially relevant to your interests: The State of Wikipedia. See you all soon!

EXTRY EXTRY The Daily Dot Sponsors ROFLCON

We’re always fond of when grungy local sandwich joints or breakfast places sponsor little league sports teams and stuff in their neighborhood and put their photos up on the wall. The Internet, obviously (and unfortunately), is lacking such a grungy local sandwich joint or breakfast place with which we could seek a sponsorship.

So, in lieu of that, we’re happy to announce today that the Internet’s local hometown newspaper, The Daily Dot, is officially coming on board today as a sponsor of ROFLCon! To our knowledge, they’re the first such web publication covering web communities in a “paper of record” style – and we’re big fans.

Anywhose, they’re sponsoring an open bar at our Thursday evening pre-conference get together next week if you’re in town before the insanity starts! So be sure to make a toast to them and say hello. More details about the where/when shortly, just keep an eye on this here blog.

Eyeboogie Sponsors ROFLCon

Imagine our surprise a few weeks back when we heard from Eyeboogie, the production company behind the famous (infamous?) 90s phenomena of Pop Up Video (our personal favorite).

If you’re like us, you probably lost entire weeks of your life watching it when you were a kid, and so, we’re excited to announce that they’re coming on board as an official sponsor of ROFLCon!

The cool news is that, as part of the new YouTube Originals Program, Eyeboogie is producing an upcoming channel called Pop Spot, covering our wild and wooly world of internet celebrity. It all launches on April 23rd, and it’s looking to feature some enormously cool content from our ROFLCon guests.

They’ve also got some surprises planned for the event, so much more coolness is on the way. Stay tuned. Welcome aboard the ROFLtrain, folks!

DigBoston Sponsors ROFLCon III

We’re really happy to announce today that local Boston publication-cum-media-empire DigBoston will be coming on board as sponsors for ROFLCon III! ROFLStaff have been long-time admirers of their work, and we were thrilled when the boyishly handsome managing editor J.Pat gave our underground HQ a ring.

But that’s not all! Particularly exciting is that, as in previous years, the Dig will be doing a complete issue takeover in honor of the ROFLCon proceedings (apparently they had a printer check with them before going to press because it was “filled with typos” lol). This has led to such troll-y and wonderful bits of content like this extreme advertising poncho ad. We’re pumped for it.

And, other than that, they’ll be around for livetweeting and providing general coverage of the weekend’s festivities. So you know, seek them out and go party with them – they’re a friendly bunch.