Tag Archives: Technology

More thoughts on laptop DJing (in response to…)

By Adam Gorley | Published: October 29, 2009
Recently I wrote a post for BlogCampaigning on my experience transitioning from a vinyl DJ to a laptop DJ, which, from personal comments, appears to have been generally well received. But the only comment anyone actually posted on the blog was quite negative and passively critical. Initially, I wanted to tell the semi-anonymous commenter where [...]
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What does Twitter do? (Part 1)

By Adam Gorley | Published: August 26, 2009
I’ve been using Twitter now for a few months, and I still have little idea of it’s purpose—or if it even has one. At it’s base, Twitter is a simple way to share and receive bits of information, the modern currency. It’s like a data marketplace—a microcosm of the internet itself, and more manageable than [...]
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How I Met the Inventor of the Videogame

By Jens | Published: August 7, 2009
Ralph Baer, inventor of the videogame console, recently came to Berlin to celebrate the online launch of the “History of Video Games Timeline” by the Berlin Computer Game Museum. Quite an exciting moment for me, and probably the last chance to have a chat with the man behind the craze that touched our lives and [...]
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Off the Couch, On the Couch: Consoles’ Future

By Jens | Published: July 7, 2009
There’re two trends in video-gaming I’ve noticed lately: First, a shift towards more peripherals and consoles taking over more functions of computers—a development confirmed by the latest E3. One of the first companies to successfully introduce accessory-enhanced games into the mainstream was Sony with its Singstar and Buzz franchises. Then there was the final breakthrough: Guitar Hero, [...]
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The Decline of the PC Market and its Impact on Communication: Microblogging to the Fore?

By Jens | Published: November 7, 2007
If one feels homesick for the future Japan seems the country of choice. Now you can witness a trend that might be an indicator of how our way of communicating is going to change. As Newsvine reports the PC’s role in Japanese homes is diminishing, as its once-awesome monopoly on processing power is encroached by gadgets [...]
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The German Goes Home

By Jens | Published: August 19, 2007
I finally ended my love-hate relationship with the Gold Coast and moved back to Germany – the country with one of the strictest videogame laws in the world. If games burned as well as books I’d probably be able to witness quite some bonfires. So what are the reasons for the Teutonic paranoia and the accompanying [...]
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Blog Campaigning: Introduction

By Espen | Published: June 4, 2007
Introduction “We’re entering a different era of political communication, and no one is an expert at it yet. The velocity of change is extraordinary. Everyone is experimenting online, because we don’t know yet what will work” (Rosenberg in Mussenden 2007) The landscape of political communication is changing rapidly. “Technology has changed the way people interact with one [...]
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Blog Campaigning: 3. The medium that is revolutionising political campaigning

By Espen | Published: June 4, 2007
The medium that is revolutionising political campaigning New technologies started to change the nature of political campaigns already in the 1960s, when computers for the first time were used to assist candidates with database management (Stockwell 2005, p. 231). “Computers now power most of the political technologies in use today” (Stockwell 2005, p. 62), assisting campaigns [...]
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Post-Now and Loving It (a real Slashdot dump)

By Parker Mason | Published: May 25, 2007
I’m a little behind in my posting lately, but that shouldn’t matter because what is happening in the world these days is so positively post-now that it’ll probably never go out of style. It seems that a group of hackers in Italy have managed to mess with those in-car navigation systems. In my personal life, I [...]
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An Insightful Idea from Techdirt

By Parker Mason | Published: May 25, 2007
Regular readers of Techdirt will notice that a few weeks ago, they began accepting applications for Techdirt Insight Community (if you don’t read Techdirt, start; these guys are fucking smart). My best explanation of it is that they are pooling together a talented group of individuals who have knowledge about different technology-related fields. While it [...]
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