Associate Professor of Media, Data & Society
Life has been busy lately! I started teaching four groups of Introduction New Media for the second year and three groups of Academic Research. As of March 17 I will also be teaching at The Hogeschool van Amsterdam, University of Applied Sciences (HvA) at the Interactive Media department. So, while I’m also looking for a… Read more Work updates and finding a new blogging rhythm
Printing my thesis at Felix Offset. I am happy to announce that my MA thesis titled ‘Blogging for Engines. Blogs under the Influence of Software-Engine Relations’ is finished, handed in, graded and officially approved. It will be published online soon, so stay tuned! This week I started my new job as a New Media Lecturer/Instructor… Read more Thesis Finished and New Job at the University of Amsterdam
Google Earth. De wereld als interface.
The subtitle of Protocol is `How Control Exists After Decentralization´ which is the question Galloway sets out to answer in his book. Previously the issue of control has been dealt with extensively by Foucault and Deleuze. Foucault addressed the central control in sovereign societies of the classical era followed by the decentralized control of the… Read more Protocol – Alexander Galloway
Google is still maintaining it’s strong number one position in the search engine landscape. Microsoft is trying to get back by launching it’s new Live Search service, but are they strong enough to overthrow the almighty Google? This is one of the questions I asked myself for my BA thesis. And of course there are… Read more Open-search kick-off workshop
And so at last the beast fell and the unbelievers rejoiced. But all was not lost, for from the ash rose a great bird. The bird gazed down upon the unbelievers and cast fire and thunder upon them. For the beast had been reborn with its strength renewed, and the followers of Mammon cowered in… Read more Browserwar entering the next phase? Internet Explorer 7 versus Firefox 2