The first plenary session at MiT5 was fabulous, like being in a mirrorworld where everyone gets it. Henry Jenkins‘ introduction used Stephen Colbert as an example of a mainstream media character who gets mashup and remix culture. To the audience’s enjoyment, he […]

hd.se – Bortbloggad frÂn jobbet Swedish story about a guy who didn’t get a job, and then when his papers were returned, they came along with a printout of his partner’s anonymous blog saying “he finds out whether he’ll get the job […]

We’re off to MiT5 in a few hours. Jean Burgess is already there; Luca Rossi is presumably on a plane right now, or maybe there already too. Henry Jenkins writes that the plenary sessions will be streamed in Second Life! I guess […]

Here’s a short paper about student/faculty relations on Facebook (pdf) – the authors surveyed students whose professors were on Facebook, and found that a third of students really don’t want their professors there. I suppose that means two thirds don’t mind it, […]

I’m looking forward to meeting Barbara Ganley, and to hearing her speak! If you’re in Bergen, stop by Auditorium N at Sydneshaugen skole at 14:15 to catch her talk.

This is a sketch of one of the items I want to bring to the discussion in our panel on appropriation at MiT5 later this week. I’d love feedback on this and insights about what’s going on! I blog at jilltxt.net. When […]

vixy.net : Online FLV Converter : Download online videos direct to PC / iPod / PSP. It’s free! Nice and easy website that lets you paste in a YouTube URL and it’ll convert it to a downloadable movie format for you. (tags: […]

Ooh! Volume Volume 24/140 of the French journal RÈseaux: Communication, Technologie, SociÈtÈ is all about blogs. It’s naturally called Les Blogs and I’ve ordered a copy at the fairly exorbitant price of Ä39. Hope my French holds up!

On Friday we had a snack at Pingvinen, completely unprepared for the delight that awaited us. Until then, I had had no idea that traditional Norwegian fenalÂr (served with flatbr¯d, potato salad and a sprig of thyme) was the perfect bar food […]

MyDD :: de Vellis Strikes Again — This Time Against Paul Wolfowitz Phil de Vellis (the guy who did the Vote Different video) made a mashup mixing sitcom The Office and news footage about Paul Wolfowitz: The Bank. (tags: worldbank wolfowitz video […]