Monthly Archives: September 2007

Play as persuasion

I’ve recently – partly as a consequence of my Digital Rhetorics course – become interested in the persuasive potential of video games. One game which I find fascinating in this regard is a stressful-rush-hour-traffic-dash-to-reach-the-bank-before-it-closes simulator which aims to convince the … Continue reading

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Inspiration from DAC2007 in Perth

Lisbeth Klastrup and I went to Perth, Australia, last week for the DAC07 conference, co-organised with BEAP – an art biennale for electronic arts. Papers from the conference will be online later. For me it was an inspiring week. Among … Continue reading

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ITU representation at the COGAIN Camp 2007

Last week five people from ITU attended the third COGAIN Camp in Leicester, England. There was a conference on Monday with the theme “Gaze-based Creativity, Interacting with Games and On-line Communities”, and an exhibition on Tuesday where an award ceremony … Continue reading

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On using Wikipedia in research

In my research in the history of computers and user interfaces I’ve lately drawn quite a bit on Wikipedia. It has an extensive coverage and it is very accessible: just Google wiki “searchterm”. I’ve found lots of relevant and seemingly … Continue reading

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You still have (lots of) time to apply for a Ph.d. position with the INC group!

The InC group has a number of PhD project proposals available in accordance with the general announcement of PhD positions at ITU. You can learn more about these projects by looking at InC’s Ph.D. project proposal page at which you … Continue reading

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Seminar 6th September cancelled

Dear Inc-friends, The seminar planned for Thursday 6th September has been cancelled since most of us are not able to attend. Suggestions for another date are welcome. Best regards, Lone

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