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Me on the Ferris Bueller Soundtrack that Never Was

Smokler on June 11, 2016

John Hughes didn’t think we’d want a “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” soundtrack, so we don’t have one. We can recreate, playlist or bootleg it, but we can’t possess something that never existed. Here’s the open secret of this movie and its soundtrack-that-never-was, three decades later: Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t waste time on something you never had, you won’t miss it.

Read the rest of my essay on Ferris Bueller's 30th birthday and the movie's missing soundtrack in Salon.

My new job…

Smokler on June 4, 2011

First time I've ever been hired with a press release…

BookTour.com co-founder Kevin Smokler has been named vice president of marketing at Byliner.

Smokler will be responsible for overseeing marketing initiatives, social media projects, and community management at the new nonfiction site. Smokler previously served as CEO of BookTour.com. That site offers tools and services for authors to promote their books and for readers to have access to the authors.

Smokler had this statement in the press release: “Four of my great loves–reading, journalism, publishing and technology–all showed up in one job. How often does that happen?”

Byliner.com will formally launch in early June. The site will offer nonfiction authors and readers the chance to form a community by allowing for personalized recommendations, social bookmarking and aggregated discussion. Byliner also runs Byliner Originals, a distribution platform which publishes nonfiction pieces that can be read in a single sitting.

Press

Smokler on January 17, 2009

I’m interviewed or asked every so often to give my thoughts on culture, technology and their collective future.

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Past Interviews

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