Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Yesterday at the Social Networks stream of the conference attached to GO3 at the Perth Convention Centre I gave a fairly rough version of a new paper called “What Dr Horrible Can Teach TV About Participatory Culture.” As readers of this blog will be well aware, one of my ongoing ...
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Interesting links for July 28th 2008 through July 30th 2008:
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog [Hulu] - Joss Whedon's 3 Dr Horrible webisodes - availble for one week only - are now back - for 4 months - on Hulu. Only, of course, if you live in the US. Or ...
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Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Interesting links for July 25th 2008 through July 26th 2008:
Last Lecture Professor Randy Pausch, 47, Dies [NYTimes Blog] - The sad loss of a truly inspirational educator. If you've not listened to Pausch's Last Lecture, go watch it now.
GetUp! for what? Issues Driven Democracy in a Transforming Public Sphere ...
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Interesting links for July 23rd 2008:
WarGames: A Look Back at the Film That Turned Geeks and Phreaks Into Stars [Wired Magazine 16.08] - To celebrate it's twenty-fifth anniversary, Wired has a good overview of the place of WarGames in videogame and geek history.
What's In It For Doogie Howser? [Jeffrey ...
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
30 ... 20 ... 10 ... nothing. That's the experience fans outside of the US had earlier today when Joss Whedon's web-based musical webisode experiment Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog went live using Hulu, a video-streaming service geo-locked to stream to US IP addresses only:
Now, it's not unusual for content to ...
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Interesting links for July 9th 2008 through July 15th 2008:
End of an Era: lonelygirl15 to Conclude Aug. 1 [NewTeeVee] - "lonelygirl15, the pioneering online video series, will conclude on Aug. 1 to make way for a new show from its creators and their new company, EQAL. This announcement was buried ...
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
So who the hell is Dr Horrible, and why should you care? Well, he looks to be quite an amusing character and the centre of a story written by someone who writes quite good stories: Joss Whedon. More to the point, for a ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Interesting links for April 8th 2008:
Why Academics Should Blog... [Confessions of an Aca/Fan] - Henry Jenkins makes a powerful argument as to why academics - and postgraduate students - should be blogging. Connections, networks, exposure and clarity are among the themes! :)
"I love a sunburnt country" [Flickr Blog] - ...
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