Monthly Archives: June 2010

Publishing In Convergence on -empyre-

Morgan Currie | 10 June 2010, 11:04 am

This month on -empyre-, a forum that facilitates critical perspectives on contemporary cross-disciplinary issues, practices and events in networked media, you’ll find a collaborative discussion unfolding about seismic shifts shaking up the publishing industry. Conversations so far have spanned the mutating definition of the book, printing for multiple screens, e-book piracy, alternative print economies, FLOSS designs, and the book…


Google, Buzz off! A reflection..

Marc Stumpel | 06 June 2010, 3:03 pm | 2 comments | tags: , , ,

While many technology and media journalists are now focusing their attention on Facebook’s recent privacy moves, I’d like to shed some light on an earlier privacy issue: the implementation of Google Buzz. Some of you might be are aware of its intrusive introduction, five months ago, whereas others might have completely missed it. This is a recap of the actual…


INFODECODATA and Manuel Lima about the rise of the info-visualisation research field

Sjoerd Tuinema | 04 June 2010, 11:47 am | tags: , ,

First off, I’d first like mention that there’s an upcoming symposium as a part of the INFODECODATA exhibition on Sunday 13 June at the Graphic Design Museum Breda. There’ll be plenty of interesting speakers including Lev Manovich, Jack van Wijck and Yuri Engelhardt, who will be discussing fundamental topics like ‘Will the Graphic Designer become a Software Developer?’…