There’s currently an interesting discussion going on on Ian Bogost’s blog about academic clichés like “I’d like to argue..”: “Mumblespeak makes potentially interesting works unreadable, contributing to their esotericism. Good editing does not involve cutting material, but cutting chaff. I’d wager that the average scholarly book’s length could be reduced by 1/3 to 1/2 without [...]

Still no news from the university officials, I must say, the pressure is getting to me by now. In the meanwhile, I’m catching up on some reading starting off with professor Geert Lovink’s Zero Comments. I must say, so far it’s a great publication (inside joke: and there’s nothing cynical nor snarky about this statement) [...]

With weeks of social isolation, and an increasing amount of repetitive strain injuries, last week was finally the time to hand in the New Media master thesis! After having the essential meetings and discussions with UvA professor R. Rogers (honestly, planning is still not my strongest point), I finally got some grip on the main [...]