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Resistance to Locative Media: Google Germany

The Germans proof that castles in the skies can be actualized. A real act of resistance to power has been put . More than 244.000 German internet users requested Google not to photograph their houses for Google Street View. The...

By Mareline Heijman on 11/01/10 3

Pet animal 2.0: Neopets

If blogs are Foucauldian confession than this is mine. I used to play Neopets. Nine years ago I’ve created an account to be recognized in Neopia as “Mareline”. My virtual pets, luckily a user is only allowed to have...

By Mareline Heijman on 10/31/10 2

Fail Whale: Studying Discourses by Means of Twitter

It’s a bit difficult to study Twitter when you’re not on it. Hence I log in with the user account I’ve created a while ago, 18 months ago to be exact. Again, I don’t really get the excitement. Despite...

By Mareline Heijman on 10/11/10 Comments Off

Encyclopedic Enough?

The integration of wiki knowledge into mirror worlds would possibly satisfy our desire to capture and understand the world to a large extend. Mirror Worlds; Yes, I would like to contribute. The 80s ‘neutral’ knowledge-gathering tour took me from...

By Mareline Heijman on 10/04/10 1

Book Review: Check in/ check uit. De digitalisering van de openbare ruimte. [The Digitalization of Public Space] by C. van ’t Hof, R. van Est, F. Daemen

Is it still possible to check out? Check in/ check uit. De digitalisering van de openbare ruimte. stems from the assumption that new media developments such as OV-chipkaart and Google Street view are the visible parts of a fundamental...

By Mareline Heijman on 09/26/10 5

Blogging and IKEA

Knowing I have the opportunity to express my feelings in a blog, makes me feel content. Yes, this may seem as the perfect outlet for my thoughts. They only need some organization. Normally I would buy boxes, at the...

By Mareline Heijman on 09/12/10 Comments Off