Web Theory Overview

technologies of the self

Why do we expose our thoughts, our interests, our networks on the Web?

(19 Apr 2004 14:26)

T.L. Taylor on MMORPG

Who owns an avatar?

(14 Apr 2004 14:15)

Machill on search engines

When was the last time you thought of typography as a democratic problem?

(30 Mar 2004 15:17)

vogging tools

Vogging should be quick video editing. We need a tool that allows that.

(28 Jan 2004 11:00)

networked writing

Networked writing is bound to have an impact, even on how my lecture is created.

(4 Dec 2003 11:35)

what is special about the Web

Anyone can become a publisher. It's global. It has links. You can search it. It's live. It's an archive. It's editable....

(28 Nov 2003 11:34)

where do ideas come from

I am finalizing a paper for an anthology Lisbeth is co-editing, and stuck with an excellent question Lisbeth (I think) wrote...

(10 Oct 2003 11:55)

shelving, not architecture

To me, organizing a Web site is more like organizing a grocery store.

(30 Sep 2003 11:19)

puppet tool

Oh, this is just awesome. The puppet tool by LeCielEstBleu. It's an animation engine. Choose a photograph of an animal (including...

(26 Sep 2003 13:20)

unicorns, rhinos, and platypuses

The whale doesn't care if its fish or mammal. The only trouble is with our precious categories.

(26 Sep 2003 09:41)

google hegemony

Jakob Nielsen believes that "sticky sites" is a thing of the past. Google and broadband makes people faster on the Web....

(1 Jul 2003 11:23)

Medium and Genre

("Why do we blog?", Jill asks. One of my reasons for blogging is to try out ideas in writing. Here is...

(3 Sep 2002 11:37)

It's all about trust

I've said for years that trust is the most important thing on the Web. What we praise about the Internet: the...

(26 Aug 2002 17:14)

Computer Signs

I have just finished Peter Bøgh Andersen's "A Semiotic Approach to Programming". Andersen uses a very grammar-oriented, structuralist Hjelmslevian flavour of...

(10 Jul 2002 14:49)

Politics of Search Engines

I believe in concrete examples, and I try to have a link to a certain site for every post in this...

(18 Apr 2002 12:11)

The Brick Testament

I loved playing with LEGO as a kid, that may be the reason why I like The Brick Testament. This guy,...

(1 Feb 2002 15:36)