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  • Bree Tahapary
  • Url: http://www.digibreet.nl
  • Posts: 6
  • About the user: I obtained my Bachelor's degree in New Media at the University of Amsterdam. For my graduation project at the MediaLAB Amsterdam I was part of an interdisciplinary team. We created the first ever augmented reality art exhibition in Dutch public space for the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. After my graduation project I became an intern for the communication and marketing department at theatre and production company MC. I worked on a variety of projects and one of my tasks was to make a design for a mobile application. I got the chance to continue my work for MC as an art and culture journalist. Furthermore, I also am a web editor and a volunteer for Buka Mulu, a platform for Dutch Moluccan youth aspiring to improve their position in Dutch society.

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Edial Dekker, CEO of Gidsy: from hacking to collaborative consumption

Bree Tahapary | 04 November 2011, 4:42 pm | 3 comments | tags: , , , , , , ,

In yesterday’s class we discussed the development of free software and open source. A major shift has been taking place, albeit in a slow pace, from proprietary software to a more open and free form. This change is described by the likes of Eric S. Raymond in his seminal paper “The Cathedral and the Bazaar”. In it Raymond makes an…

The Knight’s Move: Mark Shepard and the Sentient City

Bree Tahapary | 29 October 2011, 11:56 pm | 1 comment | tags: , , ,

I received an e-mail in my inbox. Mark Shepard was coming to The Hague for a lecture on the sentient city. It was part of a lecture series called The Knight’s Move, which aims on cutting across disciplines and rethinking the city. Even though I was not really familiar with Shepard (besides a book review on this very blog),…

App review: Appie, groceries 2.0

Bree Tahapary | 16 October 2011, 12:01 pm | 1 comment | tags: , , , , , ,

Some do it on a daily basis, some do it on a weekly basis: grocery shopping. The best known and one of the oldest supermarkets in the Netherlands is Albert Heijn. In november 2009 the company introduced Appie (pun intended), a digital grocery shopping assistent right in the palm of your hand. The application is developed by IceMobile. Let’s…

Facebook, towards ubiquitous computing?

Bree Tahapary | 10 October 2011, 8:32 am | tags: , , , , , , , ,

Last week an opinion piece by sociologist Ben Caudron was published in the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant. In it, Caudron expressed his views on the latest announcements by Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg at F8. The most interesting new changes Facebook will bring us consist of the better integration with applications and of course the news about Facebook Timeline. At least,…

Book review: Adrian Mackenzie – Wirelessness

Bree Tahapary | 26 September 2011, 3:25 pm | tags: , , , , ,

A development towards the wireless is in full effect. Take for instance video game consoles like the Nintendo Wii or PlayStation 3, which make use of wireless controllers. Add the Wi-Fi for internet connectivity and the gamer is set to go and lose his or herself in an immersive experience. Or take a look at your smartphone for example, that’s…

A(n Ever)note from the train

Bree Tahapary | 14 September 2011, 8:02 pm | 1 comment | tags: , , , , ,

There’s something remarkable about the interaction between man and machine (and vice versa). Marshall McLuhan and Raymond Williams both had their own view in this classic debate about the social shaping of technology versus the technological shaping of society. Beyond man, new media technologies have showed a major influence on the concept of everything physical around us.

Train of thought…