Tag Archives: open source

I heart Photoshop

Fei An Tjan | 11 October 2010, 3:30 pm | 1 comment | tags: , , , ,

In a weak moment, I again volunteered to take up another task for Kriterion and design the flyer for one of the upcoming events. I thought this would be a good way to pressure myself to make something nice of the assignment, instead, I was frustrated all over.

Surfing the Web of Trust: Couchsurfing

Frank Molenaar | 27 September 2010, 3:13 pm | tags: , , , ,

Social networks come in a wide variety on the World Wide Web. There’s the generic social network focusing on sharing info and multimedia with your friends (like facebook), professional sites (LinkedIn), forums, collaborative blogs and so on. Most of these sites serve the purpose of staying in touch or getting in touch with people you met off-line and want to…

The Politics of Social Media. Facebook: Control and Resistance

Marc Stumpel | 04 September 2010, 7:33 pm | 2 comments | tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Hereby I post my MA thesis ‘The Politics of Social Media. Facebook: Control and Resistance’ for anyone who is interested in the political dimension of social media. A link to the full PDF can be found below.

Abstract
This thesis examines the governance of contemporary social media and the potential of resistance. In particular, it sheds light on several cases…

(Re)organizing NGOs: An Open Information System

ellen sluis | 07 March 2010, 10:33 am | 2 comments | tags: , , , , , ,

Projeto Alavanca is one of the many NGOs in Brazil that aim at social and digital inclusion of underprivileged people. What distinguishes them from other organizations is their current project; the development of a set of web-based applications that enables NGOs to administer, distribute and share information and knowledge with each other.

The great power of a Wikipedia sysop

Yu-Fen Chen | 20 September 2009, 4:08 am | 3 comments | tags: , , , , , , ,

A sysop (as a system operator) is a controversial actor in Wikipedia. The term sysop means an administrator of a multi-user computer system, such as a bulletin board system (BBS) or an online virtual community. In the Wikipedia world, Sysops are known as editors who have been trusted with access to restricted technical features. There are no official requirements for…

Book Report of ‘Ourspace – Resisting the Corporate Control of Culture’ by Christine Harold

Sander Leegwater | 14 September 2009, 8:28 pm | tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

This book really hit an personal snare with me, because I have been trying to avoid most commercial expressions by any medium for years now. I really regard it as an invasion of my privacy – I didn’t ask to be battered with consumerism for all my life – but it seems that’s just how everyday day life has to…

Radio 2.0 – Using Innovative Technologies in the Effort to Connect the Unconnected

Ben White | 22 September 2008, 11:40 am | 4 comments | tags: , , , , , , ,

Web 2.0 for a Global Society ?

As defined by Wikipedia, the term Web 2.0 “encapsulates the idea of the proliferation of interconnectivity and interactivity of web-delivered content.” Tim O’Reilly, often recognized as the first person to coin the term, classifies the companies and products into four levels of Web 2.0 sites:

Level 1:…

Book review: Two bits, the Cultural Significance of Free Software

Stephan Barmentloo | 15 September 2008, 10:17 am | 1 comment | tags: , , ,

As the title of this book might suggest, it is mainly about the history of the Free Software phenomenon from a anthropological viewpoint, but as the author, Christopher Kelty, makes clear this history can also be seen as the foundation of a variety of other copyleft projects, for example the Creative Commons.

recap: mediamatic / tag event on Processing.

Tjerk Timan | 21 September 2007, 5:27 pm | 2 comments | tags: , , , ,

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In a series of events organized around the theme information aesthetics, a collaborative effort between Mediamatic and TAG produced a Salon on Processing.
For those who are not familiar with this phenomenon: Processing is an open-source software platform created by Ben Fry and Casey Reas. What it basically comes down to is…

MyCreativity: Alternative Business and Organisation Models

Roman Tol | 21 November 2006, 5:09 am | 1 comment | tags: , , ,

The topic of discussion at MyCreativity was to propose a new system of copyright that withstands the 21st century, respects the domains of knowledge and creativity, and provides artist with a worthy financial compensation. Joost Smiers has clearly thought about this thoroughly. His lecture was the most detailed and covered some important issues. In this blog post I will translate…