Lately, I've been asked by reporters to provide color commentary on things digital.

A little "think piece" of mine was recently published in the The New York Times. It concerned Kaycee Nicole, a nineteen year old girl who allegedly was suffering from leukemia, and maintaining a web site detailing her struggles with the disease. I wrote this essay shortly after finding out that Kaycee's entire existence was a fraud, in order think through the costs of trust in digital environments.

A few months ago, I was blabbing to Scott McLemee about the state of Web studies in academia to the Chronicle of Higher Ed.

I also did some talking to Christine Frey at the LA Times, who did a very funny piece on the Am I Hot beauty ratings system. Christine and I bonded over the fact that we were both "solid 7's." Boy, is it a relief knowing that.

The New School recently asked me to speak on a panel devoted to "women's desire and the Internet." The whole thing wen surprisingly well, considering the original title of the panel was something like "Beyond Sex in the City." The thing was hosted by the ever original Ann Marlowe was featured my good friend and Nerve editor Emily Nussbaum.

Earlier in the year, I did an interview on National Public Radio's Diane Rehm Show. Apparently, some men in middle America think I am not "real" because I have a web camera in my home. That's okay. I have trouble believing people who call NPR shows to harrass guests are "real". If you must, the whole affair is archived here (look under "webcams" in October.)

In April, I atteneded the ever-fun South by Southwest Conference, where I hosted the Webcamming panel. Stacy from Atomcam and Eric from Planet Concrete and I roomed together. Much fan was had at the webcamming panel with Amanda from Amandacam. Jon "Halcyon" Styn and Marie aka "Miss M" from The Real House showed up as well, which was a real treat for me, since I think they are great folks.

I also participated in the Women and Technology panel at SXSW, run by the gracious and clever Donna Kidwell and hosted by Her Domain of Austin.

And my time travelling wouldn't be complete without thanking my hosts in Belgium. I was at the Cyberfeminist Working Days with Constant. Do I even need to say it rocked? There were German sound divas and Belgian film chicks. There were Dutch female web entrepeneurs and French graphic guerilla artists. Even the famous Natalie Bookchin and the fabulous Next Genderation showed up! My only complaint was the live webcast from Helsinki, in which someone beat a chicken with a hammer in the name of "performance art".Sigh. Still, some amazing, as usual, work from Laurence and Nicolas of Constant.

I love doing public speaking gigs. For anyone who is really burning to know more about me and my travels, my speaking enagement history is here.