What your browser history reveals about you: I’m a Twitter addict
In Firefox hit -i or control-i for Page Info and go to the Security tab to view your own Privacy and History of the page. How addicted are you?
500 people singing and dancing to Numa Numa in the City Theatre of Amsterdam
Last night the Canon of YouTube was presented at the Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam. Barbara de Wijn and Dagan Cohen (founders of Upload Cinema) asked 25Â internet experts (including yours truly) to send in their top 10 YouTube videos. An important selection criterium was that the videos had to be internet native; the videos have to be… Read more 500 people singing and dancing to Numa Numa in the City Theatre of Amsterdam
My life without a tv, one year later
Over a year ago, on January 17 2009, I gave up my tv. I must admit, the choice was not that hard. First my tv broke down and then I moved to a new house without an active cable connection so I did not bother to buy a new tv. So, how’s life, a year… Read more My life without a tv, one year later
YouTube Canon, Internet as Stage: Celebrating five years of YouTube
Youtube is near celebrating its fifth anniversary ((The domain was registered on Feb 15: WHOIS information for youtube.com : Domain ID: Domain Name: youtube.com Created On: 15-Feb-2005 00:00:00)) In it’s early days YouTube looked rather plain but a few months later, in June 2005, “Your Digital Video Repository” added the famous Upload Your Videos link.… Read more YouTube Canon, Internet as Stage: Celebrating five years of YouTube
Photos and video Twittershizzle
De eerste Twittershizzle zit er op. De abject-elitaire avond met honderden twitteraars, muziek, voordrachten en een veiling voor het goede doel werd een groot succes dankzij Bert Brussen, Bas Paternotte, Levi Boitelle en Gyurka Jansen. Een sfeerverslag in foto’s: Geen Twittershizzle compleet zonder de aanwezigheid van heel veel camera’s.
DMI conference wrap up: Following the medium
The notion of following is anthropological or ethnographic. Bruno Latour: “Follow the actors.†Now we follow all sorts of things: object, medium, money. Why follow the medium? It has to do with a particular research practice: a new medium offers new spaces and objects and new opportunities arise. For example studying the commentspace as a… Read more DMI conference wrap up: Following the medium