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Show me the Data 2011

Show me the Data 2011 A presentations of six multidisciplinary data visualization projects developed by Master students of the University of Amsterdam (Media Studies and Computer Science) and the Utrecht Graduate School of Visual Art and Design.

By Bernhard Rieder on 05/09/11 3

Pecha Kucha Night @Mediamatic, Amsterdam

Here I am, sitting on a couple of pillows in the front row of Mediamatic’s jam-packed main room. In just a few minutes, the Pecha Kucha Night Amsterdam Volume 15 will start. 12 presentations given at lightning speed (20...

By Catalina Iorga on 10/14/10 1

Wikipedia’s Datasource Google

Today Erinc Salor gave an excellent presentation called Redefining Encyclopaedia’s, about his research on Britannica, the history of encyclopaedia’s and its relation to Wikipedia. He feels there is too much speculation going on at the current moment. Most critical post and...

By Marijn de Vries Hoogerwerff on 09/29/08 3

242 seconds of fame – “Vers geperst”

Graduate students Interactive Media at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam are organizing Vers Geperst. Inspired by the concept Pecha Kucha, a presentation format for creative work originally devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Klein-Dytham Architecture (KDa) in Tokyo...

By Esther Weltevrede on 05/22/07 Comments Off

Making presentations using Google Earth

Welcome to Pepijn & Twan’s Presentation on Maps and their Cultural Critique, created within the boundaries of Google Earth. In this presentation for the Information Visualization course we experiment how presentations can be given with the use of Google...

By Twan Eikelenboom on 03/14/07 4