category archives: goodtosee

Ghostery & more

Posted on March 15, 2012 by astrid

Last week I attended the Unlike Us conference in lovely Amsterdam. The event, aimed at bringing together researchers, activists and artists concerned with Social Media Monopolies and their Alternatives, was covered pretty well by bloggers on site, as you can … continue reading →

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goodtosee #12: geek girl meetup Umeå

Posted on December 13, 2011 by astrid

Before leaving Umeå on Friday (!) I’ll turn into a geek girl tomorrow afternoon! According to the HUMlab blog (and Emma Ewadotter, who is in the Geek Girl Umeå steering committee) Geek girl “started out in Stockholm in 2008 as … continue reading →

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goodtosee #11: Petition: Austria’s Scientific Landscape in Jeopardy

Posted on November 18, 2011 by astrid

According to the daily newspaper Der Standard 63 Institutes of the Austrian Academy of Sciences should be reduced to 22 in the near future. If you want to express your concern about that and protest to these drastic budget cuts … continue reading →

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goodtosee #10: unlike us & disobedient data bodies

Posted on November 11, 2011 by astrid

A new network initiative has been circulated in mailing lists over the past couple of days. It’s called “Unlike Us. Understanding social media monopolies and their alternatives” (Concept: Geert Lovink (Institute of Network Cultures/HvA, Amsterdam) and Korinna Patelis (Cyprus University … continue reading →

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goodtosee #9: Scroogle

Posted on September 19, 2011 by astrid

I briefly talked about Scroogle in a previous blogpost, but it deserves its own post since it’s such a great tool! Scroogle was developed by Daniel Brandt and basically figures as a proxy for Google search. That’s how it works … continue reading →

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goodtosee #8: academic role model

Posted on August 21, 2011 by astrid

I’ve been thinking about my job lately. And my life. Or how to bring the two together more specifically. The “work-life balance”, as they call it nowadays. Looking around me I see young academics struggling to get their papers out, … continue reading →

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goodtosee #7: art & aesthetics online

Posted on August 7, 2011 by astrid

Today I’d like to share two tumblr blogs with you. The first one is “the threshold of the visible” by Fliegender. This is a huge & great collection of artistic images ranging from the fields of architecture, classical and concept … continue reading →

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goodtosee #6: netpolitics in practice

Posted on June 17, 2011 by astrid

I do really like when netpolitics turns into an actual practice, such as the one I’ve just recently learned about in my firefox browser. It’s called Make Your Mark and encourages people to leave a mark to show “support for … continue reading →

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goodtosee #5: video archive of HUMlab lectures/ digital humanities 2002-?

Posted on May 18, 2011 by astrid

Yesterday I gave a talk in HUMlab: “Search technology in society. Constructing search engines, shaping knowledge”. I was excited to present and discuss my research in this vibrant space and get feed-back from the wonderful HUMlab crowd! I really enjoyed … continue reading →

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goodtosee #4: “take action” digital grassroots initiatives/ Germany

Posted on May 4, 2011 by astrid

I came across a couple of really interesting grassroots initiatives in the context of net politics recently, which I’d like to share today. In the course of the annual re:publica conference (Berlin, 13-15 April) quite some net initiatives have been … continue reading →

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