Global connections: from the telegraph to cyberspace [lecture]
Well, the time for leisure, travel, reading, and research is over – back to lectures, tutorials, and endless admin. Below are the slides for my first lecture for this session, tracing an outline of the...
View ArticleThe Network Society: utopian narratives of global communication [lecture]
Prezi from a lecture on utopian narratives of global communication, tracing the roots of cyber-utopianism from the revolutionary influence of the telegraph, to personal computers and the technical...
View ArticleFrom liquid labour to presence bleed [lecture]
Prezi from a lecture examining the influence of information networks on organisations and labour practices. To illustrate both dynamic, I am using notions such as network coordination and transaction...
View ArticleCuff notes on internet anonymity
A couple of years after Snowden there is already a noticeable stratification into three distinct groups in terms of access to real anonymity online: 1] Most people access the net through a layer of...
View ArticleSmart fabrics and networked clothing
I am working with a team researching the networking of carbon-nanotube [CNT] woven garments, and recently we published a position paper on the concepts of smart fabrics and networked clothing. We are...
View ArticleA conversation about the Internet of Things
This is a conversation on the Internet of Things I recorded with my colleague Chris Moore as part of his podcasted lecture series on cyberculture. As interviews go this is quite organic, without a set...
View ArticleThe Medium is the Message I: trajectories of convergence
These are the prezi slides for my opening lecture in BCM112 Convergent Media Practices [live twitter #bcm112 hashtag]. The lecture is an introduction to the state of play in digital media, and...
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The power of networks: distributed journalism, meme warfare, and collective...
These are the slides for what was perhaps my favorite lecture so far in BCM112. The lecture has three distinct parts, presented by myself and my PhD students Doug Simkin and Travis Wall. I opened by...
View ArticleBlack-boxing the Black Flag
This is a paper I co-wrote with a PhD student of mine, titled Black-boxing the Black Flag: Anonymous Sharing Platforms and ISIS Content Distribution Tactics, currently in peer review. We analyse ISIS’...
View ArticleDistributed swarms, OODA loops, and stigmergy
This is a third paper in a cycle on distributed swarms, OODA loops and stigmergy co-authored with a PhD student of mine. The paper is titled Distributed Swarming and Stigmergic Effects on ISIS...
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