Archive for the ‘film’ Category
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Here's another update on AOIR 8, happening Oct 17-20 in Vancouver. The Program (cover featured at right) is complete and off to the printers, room assignments have been made, and things are generally getting all keyed up around here.
There's quite a range of papers and panels happening - too much ...
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Friday, August 17th, 2007
Tonight and tomorrow I'll be mind-moshing with local geekerati at Barcamp Vancouver. If you're signed up to be there too, come up and innerdooce yourself (you already know me by sight, or can figure it out via flickr or facebook, can't you?). I always like to meet readers and fellow ...
Posted in SNS, blogs, culture & society, ethnography, events, film, flickr, mobile, online communities, social networks, wikia | 3 Comments »
Friday, August 10th, 2007
Tony Wilson is dead. For those who don't know, Wilson was the notorious owner of the legendary Factory Records and Haçienda Club in Manchester, UK. As dramatized in the 2000s film 24 Hour Party People, Wilson was also responsible for launching the highly influential Joy Division/New Order constellation, as well ...
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Thursday, May 10th, 2007
OK, that was a good drum break. Back in business. So much to catch up on. Heck, even the Future of Music Coalition is blogging now, which is wonderful news. Stick that in yer link chipper. I'm going to dig into their Policy Day coverage, which I sorely had to ...
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Wednesday, March 7th, 2007
Jean Baudrillard has died. For all his warts (e.g., his ideas inspired tons of unwatchable drek such as The Matrix, as well as his light-headed book Passwords, among other disappointing late writings), he was one of the most influential public intellectuals of the 20th Century (right up there with Chomsky, ...
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Wednesday, February 7th, 2007
I've been fine tuning a report on mobile user experience research I worked on last Fall for Mobile Muse, and so I've been trolling around today for any and all articles on flash mobs and other electronically coordinated uses of public space. Most of this material isn't related at all ...
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Saturday, October 7th, 2006
Day 2 of the Summit. Something very apropos occurred. A panel about tastemaking made taste. Here's how: Patti Schmidt opened the panel with a viral youtube vid. The short video takes a satirical look at indie music marketing, centering around a fictional character named Clell Tickle and his bullying approach ...
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