Category: events

• taking entrepreneurship seriously

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  September 21, 2015

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  education, events, industry, learning, thoughts, UoW

  Australia is a stagnant nation, politically, socially, technologically and intellectually and it is really OK to admit this. We have great ideas, great talent, and an amazing environment that our creatives, experts, innovators and risk-takers have to leave in order to be successful more often than they should and more often that is healthy for…

• persona autosurveillance

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  August 2, 2015

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  events, notes, persona, persona studies, thoughts

  Nearly finish impmapping* the paper for the October talk on ‘Persona Autosurveillance’ over the weekend, still some missing pieces but I’m happy with the shape that is slowly coming together * impermanent mapping – a temporary mind map of the flow of a research project

• 3D printing

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  March 4, 2015

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  events, learning

• #libspill – a visual analysis of political hashtag use

  6–9 minutes

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  February 10, 2015

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  events, nodeXL, research, thoughts

  The following is a visual analysis of the use of the political hashtag #libspill in the hours prior, during and after  the leadership vote, which retained Australia’s 28th Prime Minister as the leader of the Liberal party. For those readers, like myself, who maintain only a general interest in Australian politics and do not participate…

• mashup monday 07/10/2013

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  October 6, 2013

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  events, mashupmonday, music

  It’s my birthday so I’ll mashup if I want to…

• #Deletion launch today with two speakers on SF and Robotics

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  October 2, 2013

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  events, science fiction, SF

  Deletion – the open access online forum in science fiction studies is now live and we are launching this week with two speakers on robotics, the remarkable Angela Ndalianis with ‘Tomorrowland’, and robotics thinker, Matthew Joordens on ‘The Science and Fiction of Robotics.’ today at the  Phoenix Gallery, Deakin Burwood 4-6pm.  Join us! http://www.deletionscifi.org/ Science…

• Science Fiction Seminar @Deakin Thursday August 22, 2013

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  August 19, 2013

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  events, science fiction, SF

  The Science Fiction Research Group @Deakin University Presents: The Inauguration of the SF Seminar Series, Thursday, 22nd August 4-6pm at the Phoenix Gallery (Building B), Deakin University Burwood. ‘Scientia, Scientia Ficta et Arte: SF Arts’ Dr. Paul Thomas (Associate Professor at COFA) will be presenting his research into nanotechnology through his artworks Midas and Nanoessence.…

• products of play

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  April 28, 2013

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  events, research

  So here it is the latest draft of my Pozible crowd funding research project. All comments welcome and appreciated! The Products of Play: a crowd funded research project #PoP #DeakinPoP #ProductsofPlay #PlayCache

• Sweden is real

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  September 3, 2011

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  events, games, industry, research

  Sweden is suddenly very real and I’ve been invited to give a seminar at the HUMlab at Umeå University on the 28th of September, following the two day Social Media Cultures Workshop. ‘Indie’ and Independent Games and Culture in the Australian Video Game Industry The global financial crisis has brought the Australian video games industry…

• #Freeplay11

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  August 21, 2011

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  events, games, industry, research

  Freeplay, the independent games festival at the State Library of Victoria over the weekend was excellent. The conference presentations and panels were lively and informative, the workshops were varied and interesting and the Twitter coverage was on fire and on the giant twitter wall in the Experimedia section of the festival which also housed the…