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My Digital Fiction Presentation for Futures in Literacy Conference

Posted in Second Life, Virtual Worlds, cyberculture, digital fiction, personal, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 4, 2007 | 4 Comments »

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Lolcats Literacies: oh hai… pass me teh towel?

Posted in cyberculture, tagged , , on July 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »

(note: The lolcat image above is from I can Has Cheezburger which has a “share to your hearts content policy”) This is one of favourite images and captions ever – it really and truly made me laugh out loud.  If you haven’t heard of lolcats before, check out the wiki entry and the associated links, [...]

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Harry Potter and the Spoiling Phenomenon

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on July 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »

By 9:01 am tomorrow Australian time we’ll all know the answers to the following: – Did Harry’s scar really contain a Horcrux that carried a bit of Voldemort and ultimately mean Harry has to kill himself to kill Voldemort? – Does Hermione sacrifice herself to save Ron? – Does Harry sacrifice his wizardry skills and [...]

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Australian Politicians Catching Up to the YouTube Campaigning Practices of their US Counterparts

Posted in cyberculture, tagged , , , , on July 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »

“John Howard pops up in cyberspace to prove that he has caught up the the 21st century” explains some news reporter on the News today. Malcom Turnbull has a Facebook site and his friends seem to love this photo he posted: Meanwhile Peter Garret from the Labour party argued back against the PM’s climate change [...]

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Nudes Descending- Interactive SL Art

Posted in Second Life, Virtual Worlds, cyberculture, tagged , , , , , on July 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Gaza does it again – you might remember Gaza Stripped, an article from Slatenight magazine (now sadly on hiatus for the time being), where Gaza, pictured below, discussed her philosophy about real/virtual/pop art. Nude Descending is another play on an artistic icon, in which falling nude art pieces topple down a staircase, and if you [...]

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We Are The Strange

Posted in cyberculture, digital fiction, tagged , , , , on July 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »

We Are The Strange is a new indie movie being featured at the Sundance Film Festival. Described as “Mosters Inc. meets The Nightmare Before Christmas inside of a retro Japanese video game”, the film is sure to be a cult hit because it is truly… strange… from the snippets I have seen and the teasers [...]

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Proposed Video-Game School Gets $1.1 Million Boost

Posted in cyberculture, tagged , , , , , on June 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »

I just came across this press release … All Things Considered, June 21, 2007 · The MacArthur Foundation board announced Thursday it will fund a $1.1 million grant for a brand new middle- and high school in New York. The curriculum revolves around teaching kids to make video games. The MacArthur Foundation says video games [...]

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Four Eyed Monsters – the full feature film on youtube

Posted in cyberculture, digital fiction, tagged , , , , , , on June 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

In February I blogged about the innovative movie Four Eyed Monsters.  Now the young producers have put the entire feature film on youtube, so here it is: I’m so excited to be able to watch this after missing out on it when it was shown in Second Life.  I love it!

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The Simpsons and my “Today Tonight” Interview

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , on June 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Hey, I was on Australian television again! Did anybody see me on the current affairs program called Today Tonight? I think the show aired while I was away in the States. This time I was talking about “The Simpsons”, media and pop culture, and fan fiction. Below is a cleaned up version, more or less, [...]

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I’m Heading Off for June to Speak, Research, Speak, Plan more Research etc etc…

Posted in Second Life, Virtual Worlds, cyberculture, digital fiction, personal, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »

The major speaking event I have is the featured session at the NMC Summer Conference. I was specifically invited to speak about a “bit of everything” related to my research, so here’s the slides that accompany the talk. I hope I can arrange an audio stream to support the slides for the near future. And [...]

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