Back in June I spoke with Aaron Rutkoff about a story he was witting about LOLcats for the Wall Street Journal. I thought, now this is going to be hilarous, The Wall Street Journal attempting to explain LOLcats to the corporate world. Well, the article was published in today’s Wall Street Journal Online in Aaron’s “Time Waster” column: “With ‘LOLcats’ Internet Fad, Anyone Can Get In on the Joke”
In the article, Aaron interviews Eric Nakagawa, the computer programmer living in Hawaii who started the LOLcat clearinghouse I Can Has Cheezburger and he also talked to veteran blogger Anil Dash, who wrote the great “Cats Can Has Grammar” essay on LOLcats back in April. The WSJ article also links to my LOL roundup post: “Roll Your Own LOL, Not Just For Cats Anymore”.
Here Are A Few Related Posts You Might Enjoy:
- Lolcats, A Bad Grammar Cat Macro Meme Explosion
- Oliver Stone Making Wall Street Sequel
- LOLCats Sing “Love Cats” by The Cure
- Laugh-Out-Loud Cats, The Adventues of Hobo Lolcats
- lolCats, A Nerdcore Song by Doctor Popular (aka Drown Radio)
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Convoy the Cat and the Therakitty.
And of course there are more Cats featured on the site.
The Journal article has now inspired this internet comic from Mumbo Gumbo:
http://www.itgumbo.com/mumbogumbo/2007/08/lolcats_hits_big_time_in_wall.php
This comic wonders what will happen when the power of LOLcats is harnessed for motivation in the corporate setting.