Uncategorized

Uncategorized

Strikes, conflicts and academia

This morning I dropped my two-year-old and four-year-old off at preschool for the first time after a thirteen day strike. What a relief. I adore my children, but figuring out childcare from day to day, canceling meetings, trying to work at home, […]

Interesting reads

I love my RSS feed. Every article I read on my almost too-brief commute from work (a mere 13 minutes by train) was brilliant. Culture Digitally and The Institute of Network Cultures both wrote about the leaked Operation Manual for Live Content Moderators on […]

Are we estranged from our own social media?

Watching this video about a location-based game used in marketing a new model of Mini car in Stockholm, at first I just felt exhausted at the total corruption of social media for the purpose of marketing and profit.We’re discussi gMark Andrejevic’s article […]

Uncategorized

visualising my LinkedIn network

I’m not sure how useful this visualisation of my LinkedIn network is. They say I can use it to figure out which areas of my professional network I need to work on. But it’s pretty. And fairly accurate at grouping people. The […]

teaching pre-schoolers to create digital media

I heard somewhere that 50% of pre-school kids in Norway have access to smart phones and tablets like iPads at home, and are proficient in using them. But what about the kids who don’t have access? In theory, preschools in Norway are supposed […]

blogging more

In those feverishly exciting early years of blogging Liz Lawley (a.k.a. mamamusings) was one of my favorite blogging buddies, and I’m excited to see she’s decided to blog more again, rather than leaving ideas and conversations on Facebook or Twitter. Some obvious […]

Can human behaviour be predicted with enough data?

I’m watching a presentation by Albert László Barabási on his book BURSTS: The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do, and he’s telling some fascinating stories. For instance, had you heard of Hasan Elahi, a media artist who after being investigated by the […]