Jeff van Schie

Olympic Athlete Blogs: Expressing Opinion or Journalism?

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is considering lifting the ban on athletes blogs during the Olympic Games. A rule in the Olympic charter states that it is forbidden for athletes to partake in journalism whilst competing in the Olympics,...

By Jeff van Schie on 02/08/07 1

Microsoft Live Labs’ new killer ap!

You should really check out Photosynth, a new piece of software which creates 3d models using regular 2d photos of a certain object, for instance San Marco square in Venice. No I’m not biased! ;-) This thing really rocks…...

By Jeff van Schie on 11/30/06 8

Mailing Lists for New Media Research

In a time when everything is about blogging, vlogging and glogging it is necessary to highlight an old school tool used by researchers years before anyone had ever heard of blogs, the mailing list. There are thousands of mailing...

By Jeff van Schie on 11/07/06 2

Mauri!

Mauri is “hello!” in I-Kiribati. Why are you telling me this? You probably ask yourself. Well, let me explain… I was just checking out our statistics and the first three countries on the “visitors per country list”were no surprise:...

By Jeff van Schie on 10/19/06 6

Dualism, Objectification and Gazing: A Philosophical View on Why Pro-Ana Blogs are so Succesful

Why are there so many pro-ana blogs? What makes them so attractive to people who suffer from anorexia nervosa? I would like to make clear that this post is not going to answer these big questions, but I will...

By Jeff van Schie on 10/18/06 3

We Are Iran

It all started in 2001 when Hossein Derakhshan, an Iranian journalist living in Canada, published a how-to-blog guide in Farsi (Persian). By doing this he started what can be considered as one of the most thriving sub-cultures in the...

By Jeff van Schie on 10/16/06 Comments Off

Who’s responsible for Volkskrant-blogs?

Thom Meens, “ombudsman” (some kind of public relations person any… Any suggestions for translation?) for the Volkskrant is not satisfied with the current structure of the Volkskrant (a newspaper) blogservice. A member of a pro-pedophaelia political party had a...

By Jeff van Schie on 09/28/06 7

Paul Fournel

Under construction

By Jeff van Schie on 09/28/06 Comments Off

Hui Chen on Wikipedia.nl

I put Hui Chen, the eight year old boy who is staying in jail in Zeist because his mother hasn’t got a valid visa, on Wikipedia.nl http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hui_Chen Let’s hope he doesn’t get deported so he will see the entry...

By Jeff van Schie on 09/27/06 2

Peekko Chat review

Sneakko Peekko Peekko Chat was launched in January 2006 and put on the notorious Web 2.0 Products and Services list on Listible.com 1 month later. The start was promising and a new Web 2.0 succes seemed to be born,...

By Jeff van Schie on 09/25/06 1

Allan Kaprow “Happenings” in the New York scene

Jeff’s short presentation on Kaprow’s “Happenings” Allan Kaprow

By Jeff van Schie on 09/21/06 Comments Off

Chitika

http://chitika.com/mm_overview.php

By Jeff van Schie on 09/21/06 Comments Off

Thinspiration

While watching Hart van Nederland (I’m sorry, I know I shouldn’t…;-) I saw a news item on girls who motivate each other to practice a pro-anorexia lifestyle. At first i thought it was one of those blown up techno fear stories, but to my...

By Jeff van Schie on 09/11/06 3