Right now, Mike Newman is talking about The Show with ze frank, which was an immensely popular daily video log that ran for a year (though I never heard of it before). He just played this short video of ze frank talking […]

Adj¯? anonymitet – Kultur – NRK Nyheter “Framtida tilh¯rer de som har et sosialt liv p nettet. SÂkalte sosiale nettverkstjenester har eksplodert i popularitet, og Facebook er den heteste arenaen for ¯yeblikket. Her er nesten ingenting hemmelig eller for privat.” Not sure […]

Luca’s narration of the Second Life panel is so great, I’m going to try doing my notetaking on Twitter for a bit. You can read my twittering if you like. Any other MiT5 Twitterers I should follow?

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 […]