http://www.sethkeen.net/blog Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:11:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Some Flickr users are protesting against Flickr (Yahoo) adding video to their services. "We Say NO to Videos on Flickr" http://www.sethkeen.net/blog/2008/07/02/anti-video/ The book Media Work by Mark Deuze has surfaced again. I got the reference initially back in January in Amsterdam from Geert and yes it is in the RMIT Library. Review 'Mark Deuze on Media Work', by Michael Stevenson on the Masters of Media blog that covered Video Vortex outcomes. ... http://www.sethkeen.net/blog/2008/07/02/media-work/ Mission statement: The Infoscape Research Lab hosts research projects that focus on the cultural impact of digital code. The lab engages in software and other new media tool development, code mapping, interface design, and new media content analysis. The lab is funded in part with grants from the Social Science and ... http://www.sethkeen.net/blog/2008/07/01/infoscape-research-lab-2/ I noticed some notes by Jean Burgess on research 'outputs and outcomes' which got me thinking about the way my own project-based research is tending towards outcomes - projects that have a direct relation with organisations outside the university. I cobbled together some of Jean's post titled outputs! Especially in the ... http://www.sethkeen.net/blog/2008/06/30/outputs-and-outcomes/ Video Vortex 3 Ankara Edition On October 10-11 2008, the third Video Vortex event will take place in Ankara, Turkey, organised by Bilkent University (Department of Communication and Design), in cooperation with the Institute of Network Cultures. The event will feature a two-day international conference, evening program, live performances and ... http://www.sethkeen.net/blog/2008/06/23/video-vortex-3-ankara-edition/ http://www.usabilitynews.com/news/article4802.asp Which came first, the Interaction or the Design?, Source: Interaction-Design.org, 18 June 2008 Submitted by Mads Soegaard, by Jonas Lowgren Interaction Design" refers to the shaping of interactive products and services with a specific focus on their use. Broadly speaking, there are two main senses of the concept, coming out of different ... http://www.sethkeen.net/blog/2008/06/23/interaction-design-design-interaction/ dialable | everything you need is already in your pocket. Dialable is a suite of technologies which allows the public to control big-screen content with simple cellphone interaction. Growing out of thesis work at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program, it is a project by Daniel Liss. http://www.sethkeen.net/blog/2008/06/23/dialable/ Today, I had a moment to read the introductory essay 'Archive Fever: Photography Between History and the Monument', by Okwui Enwezor in the book Okwui Enwezor, 'Archive Fever, Uses of the Document in Contemporary Art', International Center of Photography:New York, Steidl: Gottingen, 2008. The aim is not to produce a theory ... http://www.sethkeen.net/blog/2008/06/23/archive-references/ Studies in Material Thinking journal http://www.aut.ac.nz/material_thinking/materialthinking2/currentissue.html http://www.sethkeen.net/blog/2008/06/23/writing-material-thinking/ I went to a workshop last week titled 'HOW TO INVENT! Pink Diggers, Rude Signs and Driving on the Wrong Side', given by Professor Tom Barker from the London Royal College of Art (RCA). The blurb form the workshop flyer: As companies increasingly compete in giant global markets, innovation and ... http://www.sethkeen.net/blog/2008/06/16/invent-invent/