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Let’s talk iPhone? App-so-lutely!

Let’s talk iPhone? App-so-lutely!

The iPhone 4S In the advent of the “Let’s Talk iPhone” event, people were already looking for tutorials  in order to sync and back up all of the various apps they have gathered from the moment they “went apple,”...
By Jeroen Rijskamp on 10/05/11 Comments Off on Let’s talk iPhone? App-so-lutely!
Book review: ‘Designing Culture: the technological imagination at work’ by Anne Balsamo

Book review: ‘Designing Culture: the technological imagination at work’ by Anne Balsamo

In this book, ‘Designing culture: the technological imagination at work’, Anne Balsamo, Professor of interactive media at the University of Southern California, calls for a new approach to technological innovation arguing that culture must be taken into account when...
By Philip Breek on 09/19/11 Comments Off on Book review: ‘Designing Culture: the technological imagination at work’ by Anne Balsamo
Book Review: What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly

Book Review: What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly

“Space: the final frontier – to boldly go where no man has gone before.” This may be the answer Kelly was looking for when he set out to answer his own question, the title of his book and thesis. ...
By Christopher Mead on 09/18/11 3
Book Review: Cognitive Surplus by Clay Shirky

Book Review: Cognitive Surplus by Clay Shirky

As a follow up of his first book, Here Comes Everybody, Clay Shirky now present to us the concept of Cognitive Surplus. In previous years of this so called “new world”, criticizing the Television became a common thing. The...
By Juliana Paiva on 09/17/11 1

Master New Media; a logical choice.

The first week at the Master New Media was interesting and it gave a good view of what we will do in the upcoming year. It is nice to see that the classes consist of so many students from...
By Daan Fliervoet on 09/15/11 Comments Off on Master New Media; a logical choice.

The battle between industry and ideology

Just a quick word on something that might sound obvious to all of us, yet is a topic that in my opinion is applicable on most new media discourses. The struggle between ideology and the ‘real world’.
By Renoud Netjes on 09/12/11 3

CrunchWars

If the TechCrunch controversy reveals anything, it is that CPM advertising is a corrupting revenue stream.
By Andrian Georgiev on 09/09/11 Comments Off on CrunchWars
The Unbound Book Conference, May 19-21

The Unbound Book Conference, May 19-21

Reading and publishing in the digital age The conventional notion of the book, based on centuries of print, is rapidly growing outdated. The book is coming unbound in a double sense: both freed from the bindings of the printed...
By Elias van Hees on 04/12/11 Comments Off on The Unbound Book Conference, May 19-21

Technion Society of the Future

A nation that fascinates me enormous in many aspects is one of the smallest countries in the world. Despite that, this nation has four climatic zones and is the only democracy in the Middle East. Israel – that’s...
By Elias van Hees on 02/20/11 Comments Off on Technion Society of the Future
I Played Kinect, and I Liked It

I Played Kinect, and I Liked It

During my recent travels I came across a demonstration for the Xbox 360 Kinect in the Zurich Hauptbahnhof railway station. For those that don’t know, the Kinect is Microsoft’s latest peripheral for the Xbox 360 that allows gamers to...
By Ronen Shay on 10/31/10 5

Fail and Prejudice: Using Inkscape as an alternative to Illustrator

I was already familiar with Illustrator (CS3). However since it’s been a while ago, I thought I could use Inkscape without prejudice. Think again. The point was to make a head upside down, half filled with blood, dripping out....
By Emina Sendijarevic on 10/31/10 Comments Off on Fail and Prejudice: Using Inkscape as an alternative to Illustrator
AR CV OTW!?

AR CV OTW!?

The Augmented Reality Curriculum Vitae, in short AR CV, has been developed in a business collaboration between CWJobs.co.uk and Symbian co-founder David Wood.
By Agathe Wiedemair on 10/28/10 Comments Off on AR CV OTW!?

Why the iPad will change the e-reader

E-readers are on the market for a while but the digital version of the book never got really popular. Readers were slow, dull, and not sexy at all. The image of the e-reader changed a couple of months ago...
By Mathijs Voordenberg on 10/21/10 3

The human race towards immortality or stupidity.

The idea of immortality plays a significant role in the human life. Within every generation, and within every culture this is an issue. The Chinese incorporate this with Ba Xian, the eight immortals. Within he Indian Mythology there is...
By Chris Hoogeveen on 10/21/10 1
Educate Me in 140 Characters or Less

Educate Me in 140 Characters or Less

When packing your bag for school, make sure you have your lunch, books, and favorite Twitter client. The social network is making great strides as an academic tool, as more and more educators realize the benefit of fast, transparent...
By Ronen Shay on 10/11/10 Comments Off on Educate Me in 140 Characters or Less

The Future is… When Exactly?

Computing interfaces have come a long way over the years. I think we can all agree that the mouse and keyboard of our current day pc’s is highly preferable to the tape spools and cable jacks of the WOII...
By Laurent Hubeek on 10/07/10 Comments Off on The Future is… When Exactly?

Dissemination of Social Network Sites

Social network sites are very popular within media studies. They are common research subjects. How often did you refer to Facebook or LinkedIn when writing an article? There is not one way to explore the universe of social media....
By Chris Hoogeveen on 09/23/10 Comments Off on Dissemination of Social Network Sites

Seoul Cycle Design Competition 2010

In a cycling country such as The Netherlands, a man’s bike is mostly a mode of transport than a fashion. But only because a bike too trendy is sure to be stolen. The Dutch are definitely passionate about their ride. In...
By Janice Wong on 09/16/10 Comments Off on Seoul Cycle Design Competition 2010
A Rise of a Polish Silicon Valley?

A Rise of a Polish Silicon Valley?

The project, titled “Multimedia City,” began operations in the Nowy Sącz national center of innovation and focused on multimedia and information systems. The Multimedia City's strategic goal is to become one of the tenth most innovative centers in the...
By Michal Kielbasa on 09/11/10 Comments Off on A Rise of a Polish Silicon Valley?

The Wilderness Downtown: When New Media and Music Reinforce Each Other

Musicians are struggling, as they have always been. It seems to have to be part of the deal in one way or another. In the past decade or so however, things have gotten increasingly difficult for artists as the...
By Rosanne Sliuzas on 09/07/10 3

Augmented Reality: A new way of learning?

Augmented Reality (AR) is no longer science fiction. The usage of AR is rising in our society. What is AR aiming on? On the enrichment of physical spaces with computer generated images and the availability of location based content....
By Denise Pires on 12/11/09 12

Cell Phone Apps and Scaling the Local

Cell phones applications for development might be what sociologist Saskia Sassen calls countergeographies – they piggy back on mainstream infrastructure produced by a global corporate economy, but for their own aims, including political struggles (or crime). It helps to...
By Morgan Currie on 10/17/09 Comments Off on Cell Phone Apps and Scaling the Local
Pecking in the Picnic

Pecking in the Picnic

picnic09_small Yesterday was the last day of the PICNIC event, and even though the "main course" was only acessible to conference ticket owners, there were still plenty of activities to be...
By Margarida Fonseca on 09/26/09 2