Video, slides and notes from my presentation on Software-Engine Relations at HASTAC II and SoftWhere 2008

Download the hi-resolution Quicktime movie from the SoftWhere08 website. | View | Upload your own Software-engine relations in the blogosphere Thank you very much for inviting me. My name is Anne Helmond and I am currently a New Media Lecturer at the Media Studies department at the University of Amsterdam. I also work at the… Read more Video, slides and notes from my presentation on Software-Engine Relations at HASTAC II and SoftWhere 2008

The widgetized self and the modding user in the blogosphere

Last week I gave a talk on ‘The Widgetized Self. Distributed identity and the role of software-engine relations in blogging.’ Blogs may be seen as databases that allow for various types of identity construction. The use of themes, plugins and widgets play an important role in the blogging identity. Edial Dekker, New Media student at the University of Amsterdam,… Read more The widgetized self and the modding user in the blogosphere

Photos and blog posts from the first day at The Next Web 2008 in Amsterdam

The Next Web organizers Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten and Patrick Laive. The Next Web colleague Ernst-Jan Pfauth and TechCrunch’s Erick Schonfeld blogging live. Notable moment of the day: One of my pictures was featured on the front page of TechCrunch. Jay! Scott Rafer and Kevin Rose (Digg) Leah Culver (Pownce), Andy Smith (Jaiku/Google) and Ernst-Jan… Read more Photos and blog posts from the first day at The Next Web 2008 in Amsterdam

Slides of my lecture on The Widgetized Self

Here are the slides of the lecture I gave at Mediamatic in Amsterdam yesterday titled ‘The Widgetized Self. Distributed identity and the role of software-engine relations in blogging.’ | View | Upload your own Easy embedding of the slideshow thanks to Joost de Valk’s great SlideShare WordPress plugin.