(This article was cross-posted on the Masters of Media blog.) In his presentation at MOTI‘s “I don’t know where I’m going but I want to be there” theoretical neurobiologist Mark Changizi elaborated on the research method he applies to investigate the field of why it is that the human brain processes optical information like it [...]

(This article was cross-posted on the Masters of Media blog). Here’s the final version of my thesis (called ‘Persistence of Life-Streams – An Inquiry Into the Implications of Mixed Surveillance’) which covers the nature and implications of (participatory) surveillance in the field of social media, and specifically in life-streaming services like Twitter and Facebook. (PDF [...]

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) [...]