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Thomas Wielemaker

Graduate of UvA's MA in New Media New Media and Digital Culture, Thomas Wielemaker currently works as new media strategist whilst also pursuing his interests in information visualization.

http://www.thomaswielemaker.com
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Information Visualization and Conflict

Information Visualization and Conflict

The visualization of information has long been a tool for generals and historians alike to go over military strategy and to materialize the concomitants of battle. As military operations continue within an increasingly data-rich environment, we must ask if...
By Thomas Wielemaker on 05/25/10 2
Casual InfoViz – Beneficial or Banal?

Casual InfoViz – Beneficial or Banal?

Although most information graphics and information visualizations to date have strived to deal with vast amounts of important, albeit often unintelligible, data in new and meaningful ways in the hopes of educating or effecting change, some recent forays into...
By Thomas Wielemaker on 05/04/10 1

VideoSongs: a Cottage (Remix Culture) Industry

The YouTube account stats under my profile badge now boast over 13,000 videos watched, but besides the occasional surfing squirrel, dramatic chipmunk (technically a prairie dog) or Dawkins diatribe, I spend most of my time on YouTube listening to...
By Thomas Wielemaker on 11/05/09 Comments Off on VideoSongs: a Cottage (Remix Culture) Industry

“Frames of War” meets Games of War

In Frames of War: When is Life Grievable?, Judith Butler posits that modern warfare is waged both on the battlefield and in the media. As this is nothing new to propaganda studies, Butler qualifies her views by propounding that the...
By Thomas Wielemaker on 10/31/09 1

Social Signifiers on Social Networking Sites

The days when ‘fellas’ in high school gave their gals their class rings to establish their relationships are long gone and in its place dudes are getting away with simply changing their relationships statuses on Facebook or MySpace when...
By Thomas Wielemaker on 10/31/09 2

Twitter: “Blurb 2.0”

The acceleration of communication is a product of our growing need or desire to handle larger amounts of information in shorter periods of time. As efficient as this may sound, there has been somewhat of a public outcry against...
By Thomas Wielemaker on 10/11/09 1

Wikipedia Edit Wars: The Web Encyclopedia as a Political Battleground

The United States is a vast expanse of landscape in which millions of people hold a myriad of differing opinions. Due to its open editing policy, many of these opinions have found their way on to Wikipedia. With high...
By Thomas Wielemaker on 09/21/09 Comments Off on Wikipedia Edit Wars: The Web Encyclopedia as a Political Battleground

Michael Rush’s “New Media in Art”: A Review

In the 19th century the art world was shaken by the introduction of new technologies that threatened contemporary ideas of art and what people considered art to its core. Since then, there have been both major developments in the...
By Thomas Wielemaker on 09/17/09 Comments Off on Michael Rush’s “New Media in Art”: A Review