YouTube Canon, Internet as Stage: Celebrating five years of YouTube

Youtube is near celebrating its fifth anniversary ((The domain was registered on Feb 15: WHOIS information for youtube.com : Domain ID: Domain Name: youtube.com Created On: 15-Feb-2005 00:00:00)) In it’s early days YouTube looked rather plain but a few months later, in June 2005, “Your Digital Video Repository” added the famous Upload Your Videos link.… Read more YouTube Canon, Internet as Stage: Celebrating five years of YouTube

Photos and video Twittershizzle

De eerste Twittershizzle zit er op. De abject-elitaire avond met honderden twitteraars, muziek, voordrachten en een veiling voor het goede doel werd een groot succes dankzij Bert Brussen, Bas Paternotte, Levi Boitelle en Gyurka Jansen. Een sfeerverslag in foto’s: Geen Twittershizzle compleet zonder de aanwezigheid van heel veel camera’s.

INC launches Theory on Demand and Bilwet Audio Archive

The Institute of Network Cultures launched two online projects at the INC winter drinks: the Theory on Demand series and the audio archive of Geert Lovink 1987-1995. Theory on Demand is a new publication series by the Institute of Network Cultures. The name is derived from print on demand, a printing technology where new copies… Read more INC launches Theory on Demand and Bilwet Audio Archive

Essay on Identity 2.0: Constructing identity with cultural software

Presented at the DMI mini-conference, University of Amsterdam, day 2. Introduction to my paper on Identity 2.0 Yesterday we talked about the web having technological eras, or periods of the web that have specific providers, software and templates. This is also what I indirectly undertake in my study into the reconfiguration of identity in the… Read more Essay on Identity 2.0: Constructing identity with cultural software