Associate Professor of Media, Data & Society
My friends gave me this t-shirt as a graduation present two months ago. It is now the “T-shirt of the day” at Googlified.com, nice. UPDATE: The t-shirt refers to my MA thesis which is now online: Blogging for Engines. Blogs under the Influence of Software-Engine Relations
This Thursday I will be giving a lecture on ‘The Widgetized Self‘ a term coined by Nancy Baym. Blogs are increasingly connected to search engines such as Google and Technorati through the blog software. This leads to practices that focus on identity building through the engines. What does the increasing popularity of widgets mean for… Read more Lecture: The Widgetized Self and the MacBook Reading Club
I am supporting the redwhiteblue team in the Color Wars 2008. Join us! colorwar2008.com/teams/redwhiteblue Uploaded by silvertje on 24 Mar 08, 11.17PM CET.
I attended the Dutch Bloggies 2008 last night as a jury member. I wrote a jury report for and presented the “best design” (Buro Rust) and “best accessible” (Dakzoekje) categories. I never Twittered as much and the backchannel was a great success because the whole Dutch Twitterazzi scene seemed present. Here’s a selection of my… Read more Photos Dutch Bloggies 2008
Tonight the Dutch Bloggies Awards 2008 will take place in the Hague. I am a jury member of this edition of the Dutch blog awards and saw hundreds of known and unknown Dutch blogs. I stumbled upon a few unknown beauties (which I will share with you later due to impartiality issues) and was pleased… Read more Dutch Bloggies 2008 Live Stream
Eva Kol – Hyves. ISBN: 9789021526232. €9,95 Hyves is the biggest social networking site in the Netherlands with five million members. It could be described as Myspace meets Facebook covered in with what looks like an exploded emoticon set folder. Whether or not you like an abundance of smileys, Hyves is actively used by millions… Read more Book presentation Hyves by Eva Kol