Monthly Archives: September 2011

Thank You, Louis!

Daniel de Zeeuw | 30 September 2011, 2:49 pm | 2 comments | tags: , , , , ,

Instead of writing about my Wikipedia entry, which was quickly accepted, as it was about such a marginal and unimportant topic that it could not be ‘biased,’ i.e. nobody cared, I would rather ventilate my frustrations caused by a lecture I witnessed today at the conference “Media Squares” in de Balie by Nadia Plesner about…


For the Love of Material!

Kendall Grady | 29 September 2011, 10:57 pm | tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Posthumanism, Protocol and Techno-Craft at Mediamatic’s Ignite Amsterdam 10

If androids dream of electric sheep, we posthumous dream of the Jetson family’s flying car. “Posthuman” because, as foreseen by early prostheses now as natural as eyeglass, human identity consciousness has already evolved beyond embodiment to privilege subjectivity over physical intervention; all information is substantiated by a…


Know your meme, Wikipedia

Yeun Au | 29 September 2011, 9:06 pm | 6 comments | tags:

Questioning whether one can sabotage Wikipedia is out of the question; there have been many cases throughout the last years. Some were humourous, others were insulting, many were vulgar. These cases were all to be found by Wikipedia editors sooner or later. We also wanted to put a critical view on Wikipedia, but not just by adding some abusive sentences.…


We fought the fight – and we’re still fighting- Wikipedia and Tek9.

Christopher Mead | 29 September 2011, 11:53 am | tags: , , , , , , , ,

So you’re thinking, ‘fight’… ‘battle’? What kind of nonsense is this guy stirring up? How can you fight Wikipedia?

Good question. The only answer to that is yes, it’s possible, and most importantly, probable if you’re intending on making an entry of your own.

Well I set out to do just that, and given a forewarning of possible bot or…


“What are your religious beliefs?” – a question of if religion becomes public again in social networking

Jamie Franklin | 29 September 2011, 11:34 am | 4 comments | tags: , , ,

Events of April 2011 sparked much controversy as the French government declared the public wearing of niqabs and burqas illegal for the first time. The response to this was defiance by many in France who define themselves as Muslim (and also many who do not), with immediate protests taking to the streets in the capital…


Save my Wiki!

Luana Pascu | 28 September 2011, 7:50 pm | tags: , ,

I never thought one Wikipedia entry could go as wrong as mine has. Although it was quite easy and interesting to write such an article, keeping it turned into a true challenge. Yet, I am sad to say, it will be deleted any way on Friday, September 30th, in spite of my efforts to save it.

I thought it…


Adding to Wikipedia: Not too much of a hassle

Jorrit Schaap | 28 September 2011, 4:16 pm | tags: , ,

Contrary to many stories I heard before attempting to make my first contributions to Wikipedia, the actual process was not that much of a hassle at all. I made three (albeit minor) contributions, namely editing two existing entries and adding one new entry. All of my contributions are still there, in their original unedited form. Did I get lucky?


“Programming is fun” Art++ book review

Aurelie Ghalim | 28 September 2011, 3:45 pm | 1 comment

“Programming is fun” is what the artist and professor Douglas Edric Stanley declares in the book Art ++. This motto is not only an invitation to play but also the definition of the art-oriented programming.

Art++ is a recent published book that aims to demonstrate this statement. David-Olivier Lartigaud – professor in plastic art and art science…


How Gamification Triggers Facebook in Being on Addictive Game of Sociality

Philip Man | 28 September 2011, 1:15 pm | 3 comments


I wrote a thesis about the new trend of gamification and specifically the gamification of the social networking site. With the gamification of the social network I am not speaking about the invasion of social games like FarmVille, but that the act of social networking itself has become game-like. For who is interested, it is available here.…


The Affective Turn of Mobile Phones

Natalie Dixon | 26 September 2011, 4:31 pm | 23 comments | tags: , , , , , , , , ,

For anyone interested in affect, mobile phones or both, my masters thesis (completed this year) is available for download.