Community Projects and Promotions
Host / Producer, Douglas Rushkoff (new-media pundit and author of Life, Inc) and the SF City College bio tech team building the first bacteria-powered battery.
Minister of Technology for Pirate Cat Radio
Feb 2009-Jan 2010
- coordinate a small, rotating team of volunteers to maintain technology in connection with the studio, radio, stream, and website
- hold occasional as-needed workshops for Pirate Cat staff to understand studio workings and how to promote shows via social media
- work on super-secret black magic for Pirate Cat Radio 2.0 . . .
Co-Founder / Coordinator, Apocaisle
Sept 2009 to June 2010
- the first Ephemerisle theme camp – 8 members in 2009
- “sheer ravenous audacity” —Ephemerisle newsletter #8
Coordinator / Engineer, Common Thread Collective
Don’t Panic; Keep it Organic
Hybrid open-mic w/ featured live performance and interviews broadcasted from the Pirate Cat Radio Cafe & Studio
Considered a premier, reliable open mic event in the Bay Area open mic performer community
- Coordinate a team of 4 (not including Diamond Dave Whitaker) to schedule acts and book interviews
- Perform Shiva-like juggling of video and audio technologies to capture performances and make everything sound pretty
- Use Twitter (through @djprefect) for ongoing promotion of speakers and artists during the show & provide links to music, events, books, etc
- Provide podcasts
- Interview interesting authors and academics, including the likes of Douglas Rushkoff (author of Life, Inc) and the SF City College bio tech team building the first bacteria-powered battery.
Host / Producer, Subversive Science (from February 2009, ongoing, stochastic schedule — on hiatus due to baby!)
Pirate Cat Radio‘s only Science News and Technology variety show – “inoculating against stupid”
- Frequent interviews with scientists from all over the world
- Promotion of local Bay Area makers and hackers doing awesome stuff (e.g. Muralizer, Ephemerisle)
- Offering post-production sound editing for pay or trade as supporting media for promotion
Minister of Technology, Pirate Cat Radio (Feb 2009-Jan 2010)
- coordinate a small, rotating team of volunteers to maintain technology in connection with the studio, radio, stream, and website
- hold occasional as-needed workshops for Pirate Cat staff to understand studio workings and how to promote shows via social media
- work on super-secret black magic . . .
SPECIAL EVENTS and FUNDRAISING
Muralizer by Josh Myer
“it’s a robot that draws on walls!” — begun October 2009
- Sculpted Muralizer Kickstarter project, which landed in Staff Recommended Projects on Day 1
- Worked Muralizer promotion into 2-hour radio show, later using audio clips in intro video for project
- Transformed Josh’s personal language about the product into promotional language
- Ongoing support and community engagement via Twitter (@muralizer)
Phase one: Kickstarter project
Phase two: make kits available for purchase
Phase three: manufacturing, road show, large installations…?
Race to Raise the Roof, June-Aug 2009
emergency fundraising campaign in response to a family disaster
- Coordinated three parallel fundraising efforts taking place within 3-month period
- Held a benefit concert in cooperation with Rox Events
- Established a new tradition in the Montgomery County community for short-notice beef-and-beer fundraisers
- Arranged with online jewelry makers Cute Plush for special limited run of benefit merchandise
- Raised $5000 over 7 days ($3000 within 4 days) through PayPal using only social media (Facebook and Twitter) for promotion
The Periodic Apocalypse: Occasional Lectures on the End of the World
an evening science philosophy cafe held every once in a while.
Sculpted shows, delegated promotion tasks, and hosted shows themselves.
Raised funds for the Pirate Cat Radio Station.
Designed flyers and promotional language for 2 well-attended events (so far):
- packed cafe (30+)
- 40+ stream listeners
- podcast download stats shown per show below
Swine Flu: Bacon’s Revenge
May 22, 2009
Dr. Kirsten Sanford (This Week in Science)
Brian Malow, the Science Comedian
734 podcast downloads as of 09/30/2009Extermination of the Human Host???
July 31, 2009
Daniel Coffeen, PhD Rhetoric
529 downloads as of 09/30/2009A/V Coordinator, UCSF “Let’s Have an Awesome Time Doing Science” Conference
Oct 10-12, 2009
250 attendee hybrid conference / un-conference at UCSF Mission Bay, Genentech Hall
- Consulted to determine best places for conversation, for presentations, and for breakout sessions based on room configuration, acoustics, light, etc
- Coordinated use of limited A/V resources spread among multiple simultaneous sessions
- Produced DVDs of scheduled speakers and selected audio recordings as requested for breakout sessions
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