Lecture on ‘Blogging, software standards and template culture’

Tomorrow I will give a lecture (in English) on ‘Blogging, software standards and template culture’ in Utrecht at the Dutch Film Festival. Unfortunately Lev Manovich won’t be able to make it but Eboman and Bruce Sterling are! We’d love to see you there. General Information Mini Conferentie SuperPowerPointCinema Datum: Woensdag 1 Oktober Locatie Hoogt1, Utrecht… Read more Lecture on ‘Blogging, software standards and template culture’

Photos PICNIC08

Ik win: Challenge someone with your web popularity, and let’s see and show other people how high you’re ranking. Based on the number of Google results: mediamatic.net/ikwin Ben Ceverny gave one of the most fascinating talks at PICNIC08 on data visualization and data complexity. Unfortunately I badly hurt my foot in the Westergasfabriek on Friday… Read more Photos PICNIC08

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

Review: Software Studies a Lexicon Edited by Matthew Fuller

This review of the Software Studies Lexicon was written in June 2007 after Matthew Fuller was kind enough to send me a sneak preview pre-publication copy. I sent the PDF of the Software Studies Review to Fuller to which he replied with some insightful remarks on my suggestion for a digital working environment, see update… Read more Review: Software Studies a Lexicon Edited by Matthew Fuller

Google expands its indexing focus to actions within social networks

For some reason this Google Alert struck me as odd. I previously described how Google Alerts showed me that Google is dividing the web into different spheres, for example the websphere, the blogosphere, the newssphere, the ‘commentosphere’ etc. This Alert however, does not so much seem to point to a specific sphere but to a… Read more Google expands its indexing focus to actions within social networks