Later this month an extraordinary evening will be hosted at the Waag Society by Rob van Kranenburg. While you might know him from his recent publication The Internet of Things (which covers the society of control and hacktivistic approaches), I’ve come to meet him a couple of times during discussion groups organized by a fellow [...]

First off, I’d first like mention an upcoming symposium as a part of the INFODECODATA exhibition (Sunday 13 June 2010, Graphic Design Museum Breda). There’ll be plenty of interesting speakers including Lev Manovich (in my opinion horrible in discussions), Jack van Wijck and Yuri Engelhardt discussing fundamental questions like ‘Will the Graphic Designer become a [...]

Hiya. This week a tough decision needs to be made; which one of these three events will be the most appealing, useful or inspirational? Beat me on why these great events are hosted on the exact same evening, namely coming Thursday, May 27th. For those of you who like to combine several events: the different [...]

Besides tomorrow’s V2_ Test_Lab event, there’s also a conference organized around the topic of data-visualisation. Unfortunately, there’s not much of a specific event program available. Still, the international line-up of speakers looks promising. I also look very much forward to see the research projects (collaborations between the UvA and HKU students) that were initiated and developed in Yuri [...]