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how long

Imagine a story that grows as you read it: Itís an awful idea. Imagine reading a story that may be a thousand words or a thousand pages long, you have no way of knowing which. It would be maddening. And yet thatís […]

80% of grandtextauto

I realised this evening, after Andrew had asked “so how’s Scott?” and “when’s Noah going to California?” and “did you get to see Nick?” that I’ve met 80% of Grandtextauto in the past week. I’m pretty happy with that. They’re all interesting, […]

charming

I’m sitting in on one of Elin‘s classes at Mass Art and they’re showing some interesting new media work. Antenna Design‘s “Cherry Blossom” is a charming installation where passers by trigger flowers that grow on a screen. More people causes more flowers, […]

dinner

Mark blogged dinner last night – which was delicious as well as adventurous. I measured the snow against my leg today and it really is knee high.

boston morning

I’m in Boston. I forgot my power adapter so I have no camera or telephone. There’s thick lumpy slippery snow everywhere, far deeper than most winters in Bergen ever produce, and everything’s chaotic, but I’m pretty happy with all these great friends […]

BEK on the budget

BEK – Bergen senter for elektronisk kunst – was in danger of having to shut down, but is now, wonderfully, on the national budget, as the first new media instution outside of Oslo!

talk at brown

My talk at Brown today is titled “Weblogs: Learning to Write in the Network” and is going to be mostly about using blogs with students. I’m going to stress network literacy and how blogging is not simply keeping an electronic journal, it’s […]

stockton talk

I’m speaking at Stockton today about weblogs, the real talk that the audio conference a few weeks ago was leading up to. Here are the links I’ll be using.

ms, dr or prof?

So I thought I was over making people call me doctor, but when I rang to book a room at the Inn at Brown, the man said “Which salutation shall I put? Ms, Doctor or Professor?” Hard not to grin at that, […]