Characteristically witty and provocative, sometimes curmudgeonly so, author Bruce Sterling closed out this weekend’s Vimeo Festival in New York City with a 50-minute talk titled “Vernacular Video” that began by asking, “Why is Andrea Allen funny?” (Here I will confess that I didn’t know who Andrea Allen is. If you’re like me, I will point you to her Vimeo page and quote Sterling, who called her a “perky, approachable and outgoing 20-something person” who can sometimes look “pensive and deep.” More to the point, she is the Community Manager at Vimeo who started as a user, just like you and […]
by Scott Macaulay on Oct 9, 2010