Slides from my presentation at the first WordCampNL

Yesterday I attended the first ever WordCampNL where I gave a talk about “The blog as database. Blogging and the blogosphere through the eyes of software and search engines.” I talked about how research can tell us something about current blogging culture through three concepts: Freshness Fetish (an internal wish to update, the consensus within… Read more Slides from my presentation at the first WordCampNL

Photos: The Next Web Conference 2009

Music and Bits unconference Jeff Jarvis (What Would Google Do) Andrew Keen Ricardo Baeza-Yates Renato Valdés Olmos (My Name is E) Matt Mullenweg (Automattic/WordPress) More pictures on Flickr: The Next Web 2009 (Set)

Blogging for Engines. Blogs under the Influence of Software-Engine Relations

In February I graduated cum laude with a thesis on blog software and search engines titled ‘Blogging for Engines. Blogs under the Influence of Software-Engine Relations.’ It aims to add the study of software-engine relations to the emerging field of Software Studies, which may open up a new avenue in the field by accounting for… Read more Blogging for Engines. Blogs under the Influence of Software-Engine Relations