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  • Levien Rocha
  • Url: http://idonotlikemyblog.blogspot.com/
  • Posts: 8
  • About the user: New Media theorist who leans more towards new media practices: how does the theory come alive? After a BA degree in New Media it's time to dig deeper into this discipline during the MA-course and discover new ways of using media in practice

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Free and Open: Unfolding the politics

Levien Rocha | 14 March 2011, 11:41 pm | 2 comments | tags: , , , , , ,

Lets talk about the supposedly free and open Web again, not ‘again’ in the sense that it has been discussed too much or too abundantly but in the sense that maybe new and other frameworks have to be introduced or at least need to be considered. While I am not trying to speak on anybody’s behalf, certainly when following Latour’…

Games are not about playing anymore

Levien Rocha | 25 October 2010, 11:18 am

The days of Pong and Pac-man are over. Videogames are no longer identified with this strange yellow dot eating other dots or a two-dimensional  simulation of table tennis, they  seem to have lost all their innocence and have entered the realm of the ‘grown-ups’. No longer only played by the average nerd but a media form that also…

Are you an e-book sinner or saint?

Levien Rocha | 14 October 2010, 12:25 pm | tags: , , ,

The people at the church of Google believe we do not have to dress up every Sundaymorning anymore, go to church and watch the preacher to experience something like a God. We experience an actual God everyday at work or at home: but forget all those supernatural Gods that are not scientifically provable but Google is the closest thing…

Twitter as eWoM-cashcow?

Levien Rocha | 11 October 2010, 11:42 am | 4 comments | tags: , ,

Sander Jansma already discussed the phenomenon of ‘word-of-mouth’, the so-called WoM. The idea of passing information from person to person has been around since humankind could communicate orally and has evolved with the rise of different means of communication. WoM is no longer all about speaking but also found his way in face-to-face, texting, telephone, email and nowadays ofcourse…

Wikipedia is the mother of my entry

Levien Rocha | 05 October 2010, 1:05 pm | 1 comment | tags: , ,

Searching the definition of  ‘community’ on Wikipedia (yes it is ironic) I found the most common one of ‘ a group of interacting people living in a common location. The word is often used to refer to a group that is organized around common values and is attributed with social cohesion within a shared geographical location, generally in social…

Can the web become more social?

Levien Rocha | 27 September 2010, 10:59 pm | tags: , , , ,

We have always thought that ‘less is more’ but according to Wired’ editor in chief  Chris Anderson ‘more is better’.  We have to move away from the idea of scarcity and exploit the power of waste on the web. He is a web 2.0 aficionado and someone who has always been a believer of the idea of free on…

Book Review: ‘The Youtube Reader’- by Pelle Snickars and Patrick Vonderau

Levien Rocha | 19 September 2010, 5:41 pm | 1 comment | tags: , , ,
As the fastest-growing website in the history of the Web, Youtube can be see as the figurehead in online-video and an inspiration for all sites to come. Any random visitor of Youtube surfing to the website and uploading the footage of his latest vacation to Italy, watching a video of a giggling baby or commenting on a CNN coverstory

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Youtube is going live in 3,2,1…

Levien Rocha | 13 September 2010, 11:12 pm | 2 comments | tags: , ,

Would you like to watch the latest episodes of Dexter, Entourage or NCIS  on your computer without having to search all sorts of obscure websites? Without the piracy-issue pricking your conscience? If it’s up to Youtube in the near future we all would leave the comfort of our televisionset in the livingroom and move to our computer, surf to Youtube and watch their latest move to expand their already enormous power: live streaming.