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how to find diversity

Here’s a great post describing the kind of work you need to do to find conference speakers who aren’t just like you. Say, women, if you’re a man, or conservatives, if you’re left wing yourself. Academic conferences are maybe a little different, […]

gullbloggen

The nominations for Gullbloggen are out, and now the final decisions are up to you. One IP, one vote. Politics: VamPus Verden Dagens Onde Kvinner Bj¯rn StÊrk blog Technology: Jo Christian Oterhals’ s¯keblogg eirikso Tversover Under 20: BÊrturen Grumsy One:42 Morgenutgaven Open […]

PhD fellowships in Oslo

Two PhD fellowships (stipendiatstillinger) in participatory media have just been advertised at the University of Oslo. One’s in MMOGs (or more specifically multi-user games with a strong degree of visual realism), the other is about new political arenas such as blogs. Here’s […]

fun

That was fun! I’d almost forgotten how much I enjoy showing people the basics of blogging 🙂

Hvordan blogge, hvorfor blogge?

Today I’ve been invited to talk with high school teachers about blogs at a seminar held by Aschehoug. These are links and notes.

Ice Floe

My friend Lars has a poem in the next issue of Ice Floe. I had never heard of Ice Floe, so of course I clicked the link and found, to my surprise, a journal for poets living north of the 60th latitude. […]

chance encounters

About to catch a taxi to the airport, I saw a familiar face in the lobby of the hotel – the familiar face of a person I’ve never met but knew exactly who was: Clancy! We both had to run about two […]

panel about AI and narrative

Ran out after Kate Hayles and dashed into another panel on artificial intelligence and chatbots, which is turning out to be really good.

kate hayles’ mother was a computer

OK; I’ll try and blog at least one talk. Kate Hayles “The Storyteller, the INtelligent Machine, and the Manager: Complex Somethings of something and data.” (such a long title, and changed from the program, so I didn’t get it all. Hayles has […]

listening

Astonishingly I’ve been struck my the desire to sit and listen and not insta-blog every conference presentation. I am intending to blog our panel last night, but in case I don’t get around to it, it was great! I mean, my presentation […]