Charlie Owl
Awarder of the "One-Bell" Prize.
Josh Glenn is a Boston- and Kingston (NY)-based consulting semiotician. He is cofounder of the consultancy Semiovox, editor of the websites SEMIOVOX and HILOBROW, and founding editor of The MIT Press's proto-sf RADIUM AGE series. He is an adjunct instructor at RISD and convenor of the monthly online Semiofest Sessions. His books include The Idler's Glossary, Significant Objects, and the family activities guide Unbored. In the ’90s, Josh published the intellectual zine/journal Hermenaut; in the 2000s, he was a founding staffer and columnist for the Boston Globe's IDEAS section.
Awarder of the "One-Bell" Prize.
Something of a Wizard of Oz figure…
On July 9, a session devoted to the past, present, and future of RDE.
"Niffty galifty!"
"A good question — let's find out."
"All I really wanted was a lollipop."
"Who knows anything?"
On June 11, a session devoted to a recent global audit of Coronavirus coding…
"Alvin!" shouts Mr. Owl.
"The study of mu-u-u-sical instruments is our subject for today."
The "Perfesser."
"You run smack into a pretty face. WOOH-WOOH!"
On May 14, a session devoted to the commercial realities of doing semiotics.