Archive for the 'Researchers' Category
Diigo and CommentPress go Head-to-Head (updated)
2 Comments Published by Mark Marino April 28th, 2008 in Researchers, Features, Criticism, Publications, Education.[Updated: 4/28/08…project still in planning stages]
In several postings, WRT has blogged about Diigo social annotation software (1, 2, 3) and CommentPress blogware. Both are about to go head-to-head over Jonathan Zittrain’s book The Future of the Internet–and how to stop it. Zittrain’s book has already been published online with the CommentPress system in […]
Chatbots for Native Tongues: Interview Monica Peters
10 Comments Published by Mark Marino January 27th, 2008 in HCTI, Poetics, Researchers, bots, Features, Education, Interviews.When Alan Turing proposed his test, there was no question that the computers would be tested based on their ability to perform in the same language as the interrogators. As a result, the test was also a bit of an English exam — and indeed many bots fail on the basis of their grammar and, […]
Joining the Software Studies Initiative at UCSD
7 Comments Published by Jeremy Douglass December 4th, 2007 in HCTI, Researchers, Features, CCS, News, Text Art, Criticism, Software, Education.I’ve recently joined the Software Studies Initiative at U. California San Diego, where I’ll be working full-time doing software and code research from humanities and social sciences perspectives. Here’s the hiring announcement from Softwaretheory.net:
Jeremy is appointed to Software Studies with support from the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) and the Center […]
Teaching Web 2.0
6 Comments Published by Mark Marino November 29th, 2007 in Researchers, Features, Software, Social.Over the past months we have posted various tools for teachers who are bringing electronic writing technologies into their classroom, including links for Pedagogy and Games and Computers and Composition. The question remains how to present these effectively without overwhelming the audience that might not already be immersed in emergent technologies? The context […]
Command Lines: Dissertation on Interactive Fiction and New Media
8 Comments Published by Jeremy Douglass November 27th, 2007 in code, IF, CYOA, Researchers, Features, games, Criticism, Publications, Education.Please enjoy my completed Ph.D. dissertation. Yes, this also marks my return to writing on WRT. Yes, it’s good to be back.
I’m pleased to announce that my Ph.D. dissertation: “Command Lines: Aesthetics and Technique in Interactive Fiction and New Media” is filed and available in final form. You can download Command Lines […]