What if Google is Just the Scribe of Time?
Strangely, when I read this article, I didn’t see the monolithic corporation vying for all our attention. I read between the lines a little and… Read More »What if Google is Just the Scribe of Time?
Laura Hilliger
Adjustment of Perception (ie Learning)
Alright, here’s the deal: A while back I made a promise to myself that Zythepsary would be the home for “pure unedited thought, art, media,… Read More »Adjustment of Perception (ie Learning)
Cyberspace and the “Virtualitätslagerung”
In continuation of my attempt to commit to memory long, complicated phrases and words in German by understanding shorter words in English, here is Round… Read More »Cyberspace and the “Virtualitätslagerung”
Edutheories Round 1
This weekend I have two exams for my Masters program. The first is on educational theories and new media, and the second is on media… Read More »Edutheories Round 1
Response to Mozilla as teacher
Inspiration for this post is: Mozilla as teacher by Mark Surman When I read the first line of Mark’s post “We need to teach the… Read More »Response to Mozilla as teacher
Give us the Easy Ask!
Today I want to focus on the easy ask. What can you ask your users to contribute that is easy? It seems obvious, doesn’t it?… Read More »Give us the Easy Ask!
Game Mechanics and Participation
Let’s start with a stat: A shitload of people are playing games. Ok, it wasn’t a stat, but in 2007 Comscore found that 217 million… Read More »Game Mechanics and Participation
If I go there will be trouble, and if I stay it will be double…
It’s been no secret that I’m leaving Facebook, I’ve been rather vocal (and annoying) about it. Over the last week or so, I’ve begun to… Read More »If I go there will be trouble, and if I stay it will be double…
Friendly Tips for Keeping your Contributors
One thing that I constantly hear colleagues in the Open Web community talking about is the lack of participation on the part of the user.… Read More »Friendly Tips for Keeping your Contributors
Webify Me
Short and sweet today. Firefox 6 is out, go download it. And, I webified myself (you can too), and weirdly enough half the images This… Read More »Webify Me