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What would Jenny Holzer’s mother tweet?

I love Jenny Holzer’s truisms, but I think I like @JennyHolzerMom even better! I’ve decided to drastically lower my threshold for what I think of as blog worthy. Just because I already retweeted one of these tweets doesn’t mean it’s not also […]

conferences and writings providing criticism of social media

I read Mark Andrejevic‘s article on “Social Network Exploitation” yesterday (in Paparcharissi (ed) A Networked Self, Routledge 2011), and its marxist critique of the ways companies might and/or do exploit our use of social media is excellently chilling. I’m going to be teaching […]

Teaching

tools for teaching

I have the unusual luxury of two whole weeks at the office before teaching begins and while I do have quite a few other things to do, I’m happy to have time to really think about how I want to teach this […]

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 […]

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ja, vi elsker

NRK commissioned this new version of the Norwegian national anthem, Ja vi elsker (Yes, we love this country) from Ole Hamre, the man behind Folkofonen. Go on, watch it, its sweet, with so few words in it that you really don’t need […]