Associate Professor of Media, Data & Society
On August 31, the first day of the academic year, Elizabeth Losh, author of Virtualpolitik, gave a lecture at the University of Amsterdam. In her talk on “D.I.Y. Authentication: Digital Rhetoric and the Subversive Potential of Information Culture” she describes a subgenre within New Media that deals with new bridges between politics and new media.… Read more Liz Losh on Digital Rhetoric at the UvA
It’s been pretty quiet here in contrast to my Twitter account (in Dutch). While finishing my publication for the Networked book I applied for a PhD position at the University of Amsterdam. I am happy to announce that I will continue my research on software-engine relations as a PhD within the emerging field of Software… Read more New job and new blog design
Selah Sue Bloc Party The Whitest Boy Alive Aux Raus Patrick Wolf Patrick Wolf Delain Peaches Audience Peaches Pictures taken for VPRO 3VOOR12. More Lowlands 2009 pictures on Flickr.
On Wednesday evening we (the Digital Methods Initiative) arrived in Vierhouten, the Netherlands to attend Hacking at Random 2009. It is my first visit to the event which is held every four years. There are 3000 geeks, lectures, lightning talks, workshops, installations and a lot of pinball machines! The event was sold out before it… Read more First impressions of Hacking at Random 2009
My chapter for Networked: a (networked_book) about (networked_art), Lifetracing. The Traces of a Networked Life, is now officially online and open to comments. Thanks to Turbulence.org and and the National Endowment for the Arts for supporting my research. Lifetracing. The Traces of a Networked Life Identity on the web has changed by the assemblage of… Read more Lifetracing. The Traces of a Networked Life online at Networked: A Networked Book
On April 20, 2009 Annette Wolfsberger from Lab for Culture interviewed me via Skype chat about cultural blogging. We talked about blogging cultural events and conferences and how to professionalise this field. Steps to professionalising blogging within culture: Getting started with blogging; Building a profile; Live blog conferences in exchange for a ticket; Live blog… Read more Four steps to professionalising blogging within culture