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Hannah Biemold

Artist and blogger who wrote a novel last year in the NaNoWriMo program (National November Writing Month). The book, called 'In het hooi', has been published by Uitgeverij Vuurpapier in june 2010. Hannah finished the master New Media program in 2009 at the University of Amsterdam. She wrote a master thesis on Twitter implications (twesis). Besides this, Hannah is trying to visualize ideas about the world through conceptual art, she is looking for confrontation with these borders and wants to know of they're stretchable.

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About e-books and media, books are not dead

Following the example of foreign publishers, Dutch publishers also decide to give away free content. The idea is to boost sales of the printed book and to be ahead of piracy. Users will be able to find a way...
By Hannah Biemold on 10/13/10 4

Twitter used to be my Boyfriend

There is so much going on, on Twitter that it is hard to cover it all after using it for a year. Really, nobody knows the future of Twitter. Even the people who created it have no idea where...
By Hannah Biemold on 09/12/09 1

Follow and Connect on Twitter

On a lot of social network sites a friend has to be approved and this only works if both users add each other. This also means that one of the two can break up and the other one loses...
By Hannah Biemold on 02/20/09 3

Censorship Online: ISPs Block Wikipedia Article

Last week an controversial article on the English Wikipedia has been censored by British ISPs. The UK-based IWF (Internet Watch Foundation) blacklisted the article 'Virgin Killer' and the related image as potentially illegal in the United Kingdom. Also the...
By Hannah Biemold on 12/09/08 2

Why FIFI 2008?

On November 28 the event FIFI 2008 is taking place and is being organized by the ISP XS4ALL who celibrates its 15th birthday this year. The event consists about workshops on open-source creativity, FABLAB, Web 3.0 and more. There...
By Hannah Biemold on 11/19/08 Comments Off on Why FIFI 2008?

Spam on Twitter

The websites and other external features around Twitter expand rapidly and the new thing I discovered today is a phenomenon that looks like spam on Twitter. Users with an arbitrary username follow me and have one tweet and no...
By Hannah Biemold on 10/15/08 3

Wikipedia Entries

On the Dutch Wikipedia I recently added a page on a statue of a blue man carrying a blue violin case, which is located in Amsterdam. The idea was to see if the page would be removed by other...
By Hannah Biemold on 10/15/08 Comments Off on Wikipedia Entries

Huffington Post

After more and more frequently visiting the website the Huffington post I’ve been wondering if this website is a social networking site (SNS), as multiple people blog here and are connected, or is this site just a news and...
By Hannah Biemold on 10/14/08 Comments Off on Huffington Post

Follow Me as I Follow You

There’s no easy or clear answer to the question ‘what is Twitter?’ as the service appears to be very simple. Users can create a profile within two minutes and start shouting something (tweet) with a maximum of 140 characters....
By Hannah Biemold on 10/12/08 Comments Off on Follow Me as I Follow You

PICNIC 08 – Outside of the Lectures and the Dome, a Critical Note

Inside the E-art dome were some interesting lectures too and ways of art meeting new technologies. Too bad we could not see all in there but outside were also activities we joined in after the lecture on nature versus...
By Hannah Biemold on 09/28/08 Comments Off on PICNIC 08 – Outside of the Lectures and the Dome, a Critical Note

PICNIC 08 – The Sheep Market by Aaron Koblin

On friday afternoon at Picnic 08 Aaron Koblin talked about the visualisation of collected data in his art projects. The main project was the drawing of 10.000 sheep all done by collaborating volunteers. Koblin is not the only one...
By Hannah Biemold on 09/25/08 3

What Can We Do With ‘Swurl’?

Most social network sites have the option for their users to post what they are doing right now, to post pictures and show the music they listen to, all real time. On Swurl.com all features come together and thus...
By Hannah Biemold on 09/21/08 3

Book Review on ‘Here Comes Everybody’

Review of the book 'Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations' by Clay Shirky about new tools of communication and organizing of groups on the Internet. What are the social implications and what will change?
By Hannah Biemold on 09/15/08 3

Netbooks and Ubuntu

The new generation ultra thin laptops or ‘netbooks’ (by Acer, Asus and Dell) are not only very light (less than 1 kg) but they all have Ubuntu as their pre-installed operating system. Where Microsoft once ruled the world for...
By Hannah Biemold on 09/11/08 2