Associate Professor of Media, Data & Society
This series of reports on the Software Fun (Funware) symposium held on November 27, 2010 at Baltan Laboratories were commissioned by Baltan and MU. Part 2 in a short series on the Software and Fun (Funware) symposium at Baltan Labs. Wendy Chun and Andrew Lison talked about the slippery boundary between fun and obsession in programming.… Read more Funware: Wendy Chun and Andrew Lison – So Fun It’s Not
This series of reports on the Software Fun (Funware) symposium held on November 27, 2010 at Baltan Laboratories were commissioned by Baltan and MU. The Software Fun (Funware) symposium held on November 27, 2010 at Baltan Laboratories is part of a larger series of activities. The symposium was organized to present papers in progress on the… Read more Funware: Michael Murtaugh – Do (Not) Repeat Yourself
On November 9, 2010 Olia Lialina presented her new book on Digital Folklore. The book describes the aesthetics of the amateur web which has been Lialina’s object of study for the past ten years. The book reflects on amateur culture as the basis of the Web; the web that has been built by us, the amateurs.… Read more Digital Folklore and the return of praise for the User in Web 2.0
Being very meta: Visualizing Lev Manovich’ new article ‘What is Visualization?‘ in a tag cloud: Tag cloud exemplifies a broad method that can be called media visualization: creating new visual representations from the actual visual media objects, or their parts. […] In view of our discussion of data reduction principle, we can also call this… Read more Meta studies: Visualizing Lev Manovich’ article ‘What is Visualization?’
Introduction by Geert Lovink Google Research What is the current state of Google research? The first phase of Google research mainly dealt with the mystery of the algorithm and Google’s founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Google has since grown into a multi-faceted corporation which requires a move beyond the first phase. The second phase… Read more Beyond Privacy: Siva Vaidhyanathan on the Hubris of Google
On July 9th, Esther Weltevrede and I presented our ongoing research on the Dutch Blogosphere at the Mediamatic Mapping Ignite event. Here are the slides and notes from our 5 minute superfast and condensed informational Ignite talk on researching and mapping the Dutch Blogosphere. [slideshare id=5295234&doc=mediamaticblogosphere-100927041158-phpapp02] Slide 1: Hi, I’m Anne and this is Esther… Read more Mapping the Dutch Blogosphere at Mapping Ignite