Procedural rhetoric: advancing or understanding arguments made through code rather than through words. Exergaming is gaming that requires physical exercise, e.g. Dance Dance Revolution etc.

So I uploaded my paper, since the conference has actually started now, but there’s something weird with the links. The URL is correct, but if I click the links (in the sidebar to the right) I get an error message. If I […]

I’m off to Digital Arts and Culture 2005 today! I’m presenting my paper about our fascination with representing ourselves online, both in photographic self-portraits and, say, in blogs. We’ve been asked not to publish our papers online until after the conference, so […]

AfsnitP.dk has published an interesting discussion by Anna Hallberg (in Danish) of the visual poem Al-Jazeera by Lars Mikael Raattamaa (a facsimile of the first page is to the left; bigger images are in Hallberg’s article). Hallberg’s greater aim is to find […]

You know all those studies showing that men are better than woman at spatial tasks like rotation of objects and thinking out how objects could fit together? Well, a recent study shows no difference in this respect between boys and girls in […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

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