thomasfalconer
been deeply and professionally involved with interactive media for over 20 years. dialectic was formed at nyu undergrad film where my hero and mentor was george stoney http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._Stoney and nyu grad interactive telecommunications program where my hero and mentor was martin elton http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Elton_Martin_193055191.aspx interesting work for consumer reports turning a closed, inward facing organization into an open, interactive community of internal and external collaborators. work for familyeducation.com uniting quiet and disparate local online communities of thousands of parents into active, vibrant organizers, speakers, writers, philosophers. and building a b2b site for financial planners with the planners creating all the content, all the action. building a community of highly skilled woodworkers, turners, based entrely on user-generated content. anthropology of social media and online communities. and i love the interweb tubes machine.