- Giants of Design Conference 2013: Design and Internet Culture (Not Such Strange Bedfellows, Perhaps) [video forthcoming]
- Social Media Week London 2012: What’s Happening To The Memesphere? [video]
- Media Evolution Conference 2012: Collaborative Innovation and the Memesphere [video]
- Ignite Shoreditch 2012: Why Internet Culture Is Important [video]
- ROFLCON III: Adventures in Aca-Meme-ia (Part 1) [video]
- ROFLCON III: Adventures in Aca-Meme-ia (Part 2) [video]
- ROFLCON III: Adventures in Aca-Meme-ia (Part 3) [video]
- ROFLCON III: Adventures in Aca-Meme-ia (Part 4) [video]
- Metaphwoar (Internet Week Europe 2011): Advice Memes [video]
- Co-founder of panel series Internet Is People. Organized and moderated panels on Women and Entrepreneurship and the Internet and Personal Finance. Notable panel members include Alexa Von Tobel, Founder of LearnVest; Josh Reich, CEO of BankSimple; Mark Armstrong, Director of Content from Bundle; and Melanie Notkin, Founder of SavvyAuntie.
- Organized and moderated panel “From Trolls To Stars: The Commenter Ecosystem” at 2010 SXSW Interactive Festival. Panel was chosen as a first round pick out of 2,350 submissions. Was recommended by ZDNet.com as a Top 35 Vote Worthy SXSW Social Business Panel, and described by The New York Times’ David Carr as “highly organized fun”
- Founded monthly event series New York Social Media Roundtable. Decided monthly topics, enlisted panelists, promoted event, and moderated panel. Described as a “brilliant” moderator by Mediaite.com’s Panel Nerds.
- Selected as discussion moderator at BDI event Social Communications: The Case Studies alongside exhibitors from MTV, Coca-Cola, Tyson Foods, and Fuji Film. Gave presentation on Making Sense of Social Media Platforms for Your Brand; had most highly attended discussion table at event.
Interviews and Other Commentary
- LOLCat art: Gallery hosts exhibition of cat phenomenon (BBC News)
- Should We Name and Shame Online Trolls? (CBC Radio, Q with Jian Ghomeshi)
- LOLCat: Teh Exhibishun Showcases Our Fascination With Furballs (Wired US)
- Artists, poets and musicians celebrate web kitties with Lolcat: The Exhibishun (Wired UK)
- Photoshopping Dissent: Circumventing China’s Censors with Internet Memes (The Atlantic)
- A Barometer of Culture: What China’s “Memes” Mean (Tea Leaf Nation)
- “Memes Are Serious Business” - A chat with LOLCats expert Kate Miltner (The Next Web)
Press Coverage of Masters Dissertation
- LOLCats Meme Inspires Master’s Dissertation at London School of Economics
- How People Cash In On Stupid Internet Memes (The Week)
- The Meme Generation (The Weekly Standard)
- UK Student Produces 98-page dissertation on LOLCats (Geek.com)
- LOLCats make you smarter- new study claims meme is good for your brain (TNT Magazine)
- Kate Miltner Writes LOLCats Dissertation For The London School of Economics (Huffington Post)
- Are LOLCats Making Us Smart? (The Atlantic/Mashable)
- New Media News Break: SlideShare Purchase, Space Tweets, LOLCats, and more (Blog World)
- A Meme is a Mirror, and When You Look Into It You See Yourself (Betabeat)
- Science: Ignore LOLCats and you ignore humanity (News.com.au)
- Memes: Take A Look At Miaow (The Independent)
- I Can Haz Degree? Academia Takes On Internet Memes (Time.com)
- This Woman Getting A Masters Degree In LOLCats Will Be Richer Than You (Gawker)
- Pesquisadora faz mestrado sobre mania de fotos de gatos na internet (Globo, Brazil)
Press Coverage of 2010 SXSW Panel
- Panel review: From Trolls to Stars (the Commenter Ecosystem
- SXSW 2010 Q&A: Kate Miltner
- MediaPost: The Social Technologies Powering SXSW 2010
- SXTXState Blog: From Trolls To Stars: The Commenter Ecosystem
- ZDNet: Social Business, “35 Vote-Worthy SXSW Social Business Panels”
- Austin 360: First Set of SXSWi ‘10 Panels Announced
- Riverfront Times: First Batch of SXSWi Programming Confirmed
Other Press Coverage
The Awl: The Internet’s Vigilante Shame Army
The Awl: The Meme Election: Clicktivism, The Buzzfeed Effect and Corporate Meme-Jacking
Think BR: Collaboration is key to Media Evolution (Brand Republic/Campaign Magazine)
The Guardian: What Made ‘NASA Mohawk Guy’ such a successful meme?
The Atlantic: How The Aurora Shootings Became Fodder for Lulz
Brand Republic: Think BR: Weird web culture is bigger than cheap LOLs
Bundle: How I Faced My $20,000 Credit Card Debt And Paid It Off In Three Years
Guest of a Guest: Tom Hanks Honored By The Lincoln Center Film Society
Guest of a Guest: ROFLCon After Party
CNET
The party season rolls on, but we pay for our drinks now
For Internet Week, NY’s tech elite emerge from bunkers
Guest of a Guest
Thrillist Midnight Wine Tasting
No More Will The Media Be Meshing
Gawker
Team Party Splash: Thrillist Pool Party @ Hotel QT
Team Party Crash: Vice Magazine Girls’ Issue @ 205
Team Party Crash: Topic Magazine Release Party @ The Beatrice Inn
Team Party Crash: CollegeHumor Rush 2007
Team Party Crash: Patchwork Planet Launch Party @ Bookcourt
Team Party Crash: Michael Musto Book Party @ Room Service
Team Party Crash: Svedka Erotica @ Gramercy Park Hotel
Team Party Crash: Sante d’Orazio Book Launch @ Gramercy Park Hotel