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Laura van der Vlies

Laura van der Vlies is currently a New Media master student at the University of Amsterdam.
After finishing the New Media bachelor program and finishing the propedeuse year CMD at the Willem de Kooning Academie in Rotterdam, this is the year to finally really learn the inside of new media today.
This summer I participated in the Digital Methods Initiative. This really made me learn to use knowledge in a different way. With interests in the topic of journalism on the web and certain forms of censorship I hope to make valuable contributions to this blog.

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e-fashion salon @ Mediamatic

e-fashion salon @ Mediamatic

efashion-day @ mediamatic. 17th of april, 2008. After an introduction on Elfriendo, Leah Buechley gave a presentation on computational textiles or e-textiles. Buechley defines these as handcrafted, personal computers. She starts with showing the work of Nikki S Lee...
By Laura van der Vlies on 04/18/08 Comments Off on e-fashion salon @ Mediamatic

Video Vortex: Ted Sterngast – The aesthetics of videoblogging

Tal Sterngast is the second speaker in the block hosted by Patricia Pisters about online video aesthetics. Sterngast made videos for the German newswebsite Netzeitung named Karasek Speaks from March 2006 till April 2007. She speaks about the program,...
By Laura van der Vlies on 01/19/08 1

Skype spam

Skype is no longer spam free. This afternoon I was asked to add a new person to my Skype. The message it sends is the following: Dear Sir/Madam: first of all, thank you very much for your attention! We...
By Laura van der Vlies on 12/09/07 4

New Cultural Networks – You Google My Second Space

Last Friday, November 2nd, the New Cultural Networks conference named ‘You Google my second space’ was held in the Openbare Bibliotheek of Amsterdam. The conference was organized by Stifo@Sandberg. There were a variety of speakers with different backgrounds. The...
By Laura van der Vlies on 11/05/07 1
Talking about the spinplant

Talking about the spinplant

After some weeks the spinplant is still alive. A search with the query “spinplant” in Google gives an overview of some nice and weird links. For example a mention on a Japanese site, linked to Secondlife. But the spinplant...
By Laura van der Vlies on 10/23/07 6

Eternal life?

Eternal life is a fairytale. It is not possible to live forever. Or at least, this is the case these days. But what if it really becomes possible to live forever? According to three scientists, Anders Sandberg, Aubrey de...
By Laura van der Vlies on 10/19/07 2

The collaborative Web 2.0

According to Wikipedia, collaboration is a structured, recursive process where two or more people work together towards a common goal - typically an intellectual endeavor that is creative in nature - by sharing knowledge, learning and building consensus....
By Laura van der Vlies on 10/17/07 Comments Off on The collaborative Web 2.0

Discussion about the spinplant

On October 1st Geert Lovink posted a previous blogpost about the spinplant on the Nettime mailinglist. This was the beginning of what turned out to become a sprawling discussion. This is a summary of the original post,...
By Laura van der Vlies on 10/15/07 2
Skype alternatives

Skype alternatives

One of the great things about web 2.0 is making free phone calls to friends all over the world. Just turn on one of the programs that offer this service, make sure your friend is online too, and make...
By Laura van der Vlies on 10/13/07 14

Nietzsche and privacy

The Internet has brought up a lot of privacy issues over the years. For example personal information that leaks or identities that get stolen. But users can also change their own identity and pretent to be someone else. This...
By Laura van der Vlies on 10/09/07 Comments Off on Nietzsche and privacy
Tomas Rawlings and Ana Kronschnabl @ Video Vortex

Tomas Rawlings and Ana Kronschnabl @ Video Vortex

The main question that was posed in this lecture was ‘Why is this conferention about Youtube, and not one of the other websites that allow people to watch video’s online?’ Because Youtube isn’t the first website that offers people...
By Laura van der Vlies on 10/05/07 5
De kennis van Wikipedia

De kennis van Wikipedia

Hoe makkelijk is het om berichten op de Nederlandse variant van Wikipedia te plaatsen? Wie bekijkt de nieuw aangemaakte pagina’s? Wat is waarheid volgens Wikipedia? Met deze vragen in het achterhoofd heb ik op woensdag 26 september een pagina...
By Laura van der Vlies on 10/01/07 18
Come out & play 2007

Come out & play 2007

28 & 29 september were two days full of ‘big urban games’. Together with the Picnic festival several games from all over the world were played on the Westergasterrein and other places in the city of Amsterdam. Luckily I...
By Laura van der Vlies on 09/30/07 Comments Off on Come out & play 2007

Blogvergelijking [in het nederlands]

Juist omdat er zoveel verschillende soorten blogs zijn, met ook verschillende onderwerpen, vormen en doelen, hier een vergelijking tussen 5 blogs. alleen maar Nederlandse blogs zijn. ] De achterliggende vraag hierbij is of...
By Laura van der Vlies on 09/23/07 Comments Off on Blogvergelijking [in het nederlands]

The Dark Side of Web 2.0

Andrew Keen wrote the in 2007 published book ‘The cult of the Amateur’. Keen, who founded audiocafe.com a rough ten years ago, went from digital pioneer to digital skeptic. Living in Silicon Valley during the dot-com bubble and being...
By Laura van der Vlies on 09/15/07 5