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Bram Nijhof

Bram Nijhof is a master student of New Media at the University of Amsterdam. He has a bachelor degree in Art & Technology and a bachelor degree in Media & Culture with an expertise in New Media.

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Wikipedia Camping Guide: When is a Camping Worth an Entry?

When beginning to make a Wikipedia entry about 'camping Bakkum' Wikipedia said that there was already an entry about camping Bakkum, but it was removed. The reason for that is that Wikpedia doesn't want to be a camping...
By Bram Nijhof on 10/17/08 3

Privacy in Twitter

Twitter is micro-blogging software that allows users to report and share what they are doing or what’s on their mind. It can be useful for friends to see where you are and what you are doing and it can...
By Bram Nijhof on 10/16/08 1

How Can We Study The Data of Social Networking Sites?

How can we make use of all the data stored in Social Networking Sites? And how can we study those data? In 2005 Jeffrey Heer and danah boyd developed a system called Vizster. It is an information visualization system...
By Bram Nijhof on 10/06/08 Comments Off on How Can We Study The Data of Social Networking Sites?

PICNIC 08 – The Long Here, The Big Now, and Other Tales of the Networked City

Adam Greenfield talked at Picnic about how new technologies changes our perception and experience of cities. According to Greenfield the networked city is no science fiction anymore, it is becoming reality. We live in ubiquitous cities where information systems...
By Bram Nijhof on 09/26/08 2

iGoogle Review

A few years ago I started with using iGoogle, a personalized starting page from Google. iGoogle is one of the best 100 web 2.0 applications according to Webware (from Cnet). With iGoogle you can add applications in the starting...
By Bram Nijhof on 09/22/08 Comments Off on iGoogle Review
Review of Google’s PageRank and Beyond: The Science of Search Engine Rankings

Review of Google’s PageRank and Beyond: The Science of Search Engine Rankings

The book Google's PageRank and Beyond: The science of search engine rankings is about the technology behind the ranking of websites, especially Google's ranking. It will give a little insight in how the Google algorithm works. In the abstract...
By Bram Nijhof on 09/14/08 1

An analysis and proposal for Scienceblog.com

Scienceblog.com is a blog with scientific articles. I analyse this blog on usability aspects using Jakob Nielsen’s articles Weblog Usability: The Top Ten Design Mistakes and Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design. According to Nielsen these are the principles...
By Bram Nijhof on 09/24/07 1

Review: Blog! How the newest media revolution is changing politics, business, and culture – David Kline and Dan Burstein

  David Kline and Dan Burstein points out that the blogosphere will transform many areas of politics, business, media and culture. In their book ‘Blog! How the newest media revolution is changing politics, business, and culture’ they have interviewed...
By Bram Nijhof on 09/17/07 11