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Offered in Parsons graduate Design & Technology program, Internet Famous Class is dedicated to learning how to spread your work to the widest possible audience online. It's also the first algorithmically graded class in the history of academics.

Our Famotron software measures the online attention economy — view counts, blog links, social media activity, followers and their influence — and awards students their final letter grade. more...

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Weezer’s Memetastic Video Director Spills the ‘Pork and Beans’

Wired interview with Matthew Cullen, director of Weezer’s internets-drenched Pork & Beans video: link.

Wired: Anything happen off-screen that is viral-video worthy? Like a Chris Crocker, the Numa Numa kid and Miss South Carolina showdown?
Cullen: The shoot was a total whirlwind. But the memes were all at the same hotel. They did hang out and party. That would have been good to get on tape.

“The memes”? Wow.

Whether this video is good or bad for internets is left as an exercise to the reader.

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