Tag Archives: new media technology

The e-book: it doesn’t smell or feel like a book

Janice Wong | 18 October 2010, 12:00 pm | 3 comments | tags: , , ,

32-year-publishing veteran Jerry D. Simmons says that e-books will replace traditional media. Many academic libraries, including Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam are rapidly expanding their catalogs with electronic books and the digitization of their printed materials. So are libraries in favour of the e-books, and what about…

Connectivity, Interactivity, and Extreme Personalization – Zero to Infinity: Behind the Scenes of New Media at IBC 2010

Ekaterina Yudin | 13 September 2010, 12:39 am | tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Technology is advancing FAST and it’s only getting bigger, better and faster. Information that was once readable for the few became reachable for the masses, and the reachable has now became searchable for the whole world.

As we’re all aware, our current and future experiences are becoming ever more mobile, connected and interactive — in real-time and all the time.…

A Rise of a Polish Silicon Valley?

Michal Kielbasa | 11 September 2010, 11:23 pm | tags: , , , ,

The project, titled “Multimedia City,” began operations in the Nowy Sącz national center of innovation and focused on multimedia and information systems. The Multimedia City’s strategic goal is to become one of the tenth most innovative centers in the world, which are working on the application of multimedia in education, business and entertainment.

Book Review: Crossover, Liesbeth Huybrechts (red.)

saskia korsten | 14 September 2008, 10:07 pm | tags: , , , ,

Crossover, crosses over the boundaries of art and technology within very safe limits.

Even though I understand why the tenure of the catalogue is positive on the influence of new media art on society (because of the broad audience and to promote a relatively obscure art practice), nevertheless I miss some critiques you can have on new media art. This is an informative catalogue without a real debat on the status of new media art within the total art field, which therefore stays on the safe side of promotion rather than discussion.