You think you know everything about the internet because you managed to
bookmark a few free porn sites and up-voted some Grumpy Cat meme's on
Reddit? Well, there's a lot more to the web than carnal perversions and
dwarf felines: it's a tool that connects millions of disparate people
and ideas together, impacting everything from the food we eat to the way
we date. To help you get a grip on all of this high-tech shit and the
ways it enhances our lives, David-Michel Davies and Neil Vogel of the
Webby Awards, and Katherine Oliver of the New York City Mayor’s Office
of Media and Entertainment came together in 2008 to form Internet Week—a
celebration of all things digital and the luminaries behind all those
ones and zeros.
VICE will be joining in the geek fun at Internet Week for the third
year in a row, by hosting a series of panels ranging from the importance
of social media in the conflict in Syria to the effects of internet
piracy. VICE's sister technology site, Motherboard, will also be hosting
a week of panels around the future of drugs, drones, and code.
And VICE's founder Shane Smith, accompanied by legendary media mogul Tom Freston, will top the week off with a keynote address on Thursday evening.
The nerdy hoopla is happening right now at Manhattan's Metropolitan
Pavilion. But if you can't make it in person because you've dived so
deep into the nether realms of internet smut and cat memes that you
can't even bear the thought of leaving your computer, you're in luck—you
can stream all the stuff going down at Internet Week over the internet!
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