What is Extreme Programming? XP is a practice for programming that is social and iterative. It seems to run counter to traditional advice about how to programme and seems closer to real practice.
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McLuhan on Comics
Steve Ramsay quote from McLuhan on Computer Games
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Knowledge Consumption 2
What is the relationship between knowledge consumption, advertising and knowledge production?
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Gender and EverQuest
This story from the New Scientist reports on a study that male avatars on EverQuest sold more than female avatars, even taking in consideration equal characteristics.
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Knowledge Consumption Paradox
Knowledge workers who manipulate sybols are the easiest to manipulate to consume symbols.
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Poster and the Matter with the Internet
Mark Poster – University of California, Irvine has a book out on _What’s the Matter with the Internet_.
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Web Essay on Circus
My first attempt at a Web Photo essay can be seen at The Circus: Essay by G. Rockwell.
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Games Research
Jonas Smith has a good introductory article on Computer Game Research 101. It covers types of research and has a good introductory bibliography.
This is on the Games Research site at http://www.game-research.com/.
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Blogs and Humanities Computikng
Matt Kirschenbaumn has a blog at http://www.otal.umd.edu/~mgk/blog/. Neat stuff.
He also references are report that John Maeda and Katherine Hayles participating on Beyond Productivity.
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Soundscapes
The vOICe Sonification Applet – Draw your own Sound. The vOICe Sonification Applet makes sound out of an image. It allows you to draw on a grid and hear the sound pattern.
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