Archive for the 'Criticism' Category
Critical Code Studies 2009-2010
5 Comments Published by Mark Marino October 9th, 2009 in Features, CCS.Critical Code Studies, the critical interpretation of computer source code, was born on this blog (here and here). Several years, presentations, debates, annexations, blogs, and new allies later, I am back to announce that I’m turning up the heat on (& giving more bandwidth to) Critical Code Studies.
One of the crucial developments has been […]
Critical Code Studies 2009-2010
2 Comments Published by Mark Marino October 9th, 2009 in Features, CCS.Critical Code Studies, the critical interpretation of computer source code, was born on this blog (here and here). Several years, presentations, debates, annexations, blogs, and new allies later, I am back to announce that I’m turning up the heat on (& giving more bandwidth to) Critical Code Studies.
One of the crucial developments has been […]
Revving up Your RSS (Re-post)
0 Comments Published by Mark Marino September 16th, 2009 in Features, Off Topic, Criticism, Software.Ah, the Internet. Gregory Zobel ran this wonderful interview about managing your RSS feeds with WRT-amigo David Parry (of Academic Hack) on the now-defunct “Adjunct Advice.” Unfortunately, that “long tail” can sometimes be severed, so to help it grow back, we are reposting that interview here. This marks the second […]
Interview with Bot Colony creator Eugene Joseph
7 Comments Published by Mark Marino June 8th, 2009 in Poetics, bots, Features, games, Text Art, Fictionality, Interviews.In the most recent step toward the conversational agent takeover (a conversonator apocalypse), the new video game Bot Colony by Montreal-based North Side is nearing completion. The game’s website promises “Unrestricted conversation in English between players and characters.” WRT took some time out from rearing our own chatbots for some unrestricted conversation with Bot Colony chief designer, Eugene Joseph.
FYI: The Writer’s Guide to Making a Digital Living
1 Comment Published by Christy Dena April 24th, 2009 in poetry, hyperfic, IF, Poetics, Features, News, games, Publications, Education.Hello everyone!
Boy, I’ve been a bad poster here. Nearly finished the PhD though. So will be back on teh case. Anyway, I wanted to share with you a project that I think some of you would find interesting.
For a few years I’ve been working with the Australian Literature Board on their Story of […]