Associate Professor of Media, Data & Society
Ernst-Jan Pfauth got his first article and I got my first picture published in a Japanese business newspaper. It looks quite odd to spot your own name surrounded by illegible Japanese characters. The other picture was taken by Ernst-Jan and features me sitting next to Erick Schonfeld from Techcrunch blogging live from the Next Web… Read more The Next Web pictures published in Japanese newspaper
Things have been fairly quiet around here with new content lately. I have been busy with finding a new (temporary) home because my current apartment is going to being demolished soon. I am currently in the middle of putting all my books and other belongings into boxes as I will be moving houses this weekend.… Read more Quiet times while packing up, moving houses, getting settled and connected
Two weeks ago I was interviewed by Wilco Verdoold from GeekFM at the first Girl Geek Dinner in Amsterdam. I am now featured as Geekster of the week with a short interview/podcast (in Dutch) over at GeekFM. Enjoy!
I proudly present you the new Institute of Network Cultures portal. I have been working on this project for the past few months and I’ll be working on finetuning the portal (including some Internet Explorer issues) from now on. The old portal consisted of a custom-made CMS with a few additional WordPress installations for all… Read more New Institute of Network Cultures portal launched!
On Thursday evening I went to the first Girl Geek Dinner Amsterdam, organized by Melanie Rieback and Donna Metzlar. I first met Melanie at the Mediamatic RFID Hackers Camp at PICNIC07 where I developed the RFID Photobooth with Timo, Einar and Jorn. I previously attended a hardware course by Donna Metzlar (photo) from the Genderchangers… Read more Photos first Girl Geek Dinner Amsterdam
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