Associate Professor of Media, Data & Society
What does Wikipedia without text and only links look like? Why don’t we recycle the content of our trashcan? Are you dreaming of a startup sound karaoke? Last night the graphical design students of the Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam presented us a number of projects that deal with the Graphical User Interface. The projects arose… Read more GUI Play by Gerrit Rietveld Academy @ Studio 80, Amsterdam
Yesterday I experienced what a full day without Google looks like. 10.00 am – I do my first Google query and receive a timeout error: 10.05 – I try a few other queries but receive the same timeout error. 10.15 – I’m getting anxious but remember there are other search engines than Google and turn… Read more A Day Without Google, OK Make That Two!
A few months ago I started taking screenshots of odd software and interface notifications. Here’s a sample of my continuously growing collection: Hang in there! We know life is tough without Twitter but it will have super strength when it is back online. Nice example of the vitalizing of software. This is you. This is… Read more Affective Software and Interface Notices
I just noticed a change in my Google Alert. Instead of one alert it is now divided into two alerts, one for Google Blogs and one for Google Web. Is Google taking on a spherical approach? It is now clearly distinguishing between the blogosphere and the web, which is sometimes called the division between the… Read more Google Alert is Now Mixing the Blogosphere and the Web
I must admit I practice a dualistic attitude towards the environment. On the one hand I use energy saving light bulbs, ride a bike and separate my garbage but on the other hand I leave my computer on 24/7. Fortunately there are now several solutions to ease my conscience. An easy solution would be to… Read more Blog Action Day: Climate Neutral Hosting
The following post is a combination of a transcription of Manovich’s keynote and my own notes and commentary. Introduction by Geert Lovink Online video is renegotiating its (problematic) relationship with cinema. It deals with cinematographic principles versus the principles of the online age. We cannot directly transfer the cinematographic principles into the online age as… Read more Lev Manovich on User Generated Content @ Video Vortex