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Comment on Reflections on Haraway, dualisms and the promise of Cyborgs by Georgie May

Georgie May — Mon, 09 May 2011 10:40:55 +0000

Enjoyable read!

Comment on Davidsfarm ethnographic sketchbook by silvanad

silvanad — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:17:58 +0000

In December 2010, YouTube terminated the Davdsfarm channel due to a campaign by what Dave and his fans call 'the haters". The particular video that YouTube cited was – naked snowmobiler Dave – which had over 200,000 hits and had been up for three years.

Comment on Hayles and Skeuomorphs by SEO Boston

SEO Boston — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:27:39 +0000

Good point that I had never thought of before.

Comment on The Dark Side by Silvana di Gregorio

Silvana di Gregorio — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:45:40 +0000

Since I constructed this virtual ethnography, Valley Fever, removed the video that was embedded on this page and closed down his YouTube channel at the end of 2009. Anna Thoms also removed her video embedded here early in 2010.

Comment on Davidsfarm ethnographic sketchbook by emma

emma — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:48:15 +0000

Great work (thanks for your speech in Berlin!)

Comment on Lifestream, phenomenology and being public by ZAREMA

ZAREMA — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:45:32 +0000

Thanks the author for article. The main thing do not forget about users, and continue in the same spirit.

Comment on Lifestream Summary by University of Edinburgh Students Provide Thoughts on Lifestreaming for their Course | Lifestream Blog

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:07:12 +0000

[...] Silvana di Gregorio In my second week summary, I had blogged that I was still grappling with what the stream could technically capture and that I felt that it could not capture my process when I was reading course material. However, reviewing my lifestream, I feel it gives a good account of my engagement with the course. At the time it seemed a bit chaotic but reviewing it I can see a logical account. [...]

Comment on Gies, embodiment, biometrics and anonymity by Silvana

Silvana — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:03:38 +0000

Hi Henry,

Yes, I read the BdJ’s ex went to another paper so she quickly went to the Times but I think there is a point that she was unable to manage two identities in that she couldn’t keep it a complete secret. She had to tell some people.

Comment on I am in awe! by Sian

Sian — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:57:52 +0000

Thanks for this amazing feedback on the course Judy, and for taking the time to come in and join us and share your own thoughts on the readings. I agree it’s really quite easy to forget to historicise Haraway, but that it’s important that we do…

If you’d like to join the Skype chat on wednesday evening, please do : )

It might be interesting to talk at some point about possible teaching collaborations between our two institutions!

Comment on Gies, embodiment, biometrics and anonymity by Week 9 Lifestream Summary « Silvana's E-learning and Digital Cultures Blog

Week 9 Lifestream Summary « Silvana's E-learning and Digital Cultures Blog — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:58:05 +0000

[...] Gies: virtual selves leave many traces, are monitored, and it is difficult to maintain anonymity and multiple identities (see separate blog) [...]