Last week I gave a presentation on social secrets of the web and their privacy issues for the Social Secrets Graduation Workshop at the University of Applied Science/HvA. The presentation (in Dutch) was filmed and can be viewed online at the Social Secrets website or in low-res below:

Anne Helmond from Socialsecrets on Vimeo.

The slides are in English and are online at Slideshare.

Photo by Social Secrets

Life has been busy lately!

Jasmin flower tea

I started teaching four groups of Introduction New Media for the second year and three groups of Academic Research. As of March 17 I will also be teaching at The Hogeschool van Amsterdam, University of Applied Sciences (HvA) at the Interactive Media department.

So, while I’m also looking for a new apartment in Amsterdam and planning a writing scheduled for the Networked book, blogging might be irregular. Maybe I’ll start writing shorter pieces, or move my main activity to Twitter, I haven’t decided yet.

I’ve been working on a redesign of this blog for a while now but I can never find the time to complete it. So stay tuned, I hope to find a new blogging rhythm within a month.

Printing my thesis at Felix Offset.

I am happy to announce that my MA thesis titled ‘Blogging for Engines. Blogs under the Influence of Software-Engine Relations’ is finished, handed in, graded and officially approved. It will be published online soon, so stay tuned!

This week I started my new job as a New Media Lecturer/Instructor at the Department of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam. I also work for the Institute of Network Cultures at the Interactive Media department at the Amsterdam Polytechnic (Hogeschool van Amsterdam).

Exciting developments!