Category Archives: books

New Book: World Wide Web of Research

By Craig | Published: April 23, 2009

A new book will be released soon titled: World Wide Web of Reseach: Reshaping the Sciences and Humanities (Cambridge; the MIT Press). It is edited by Bill Dutton and Paul Jeffreys, both of Oxford. Dutton is Director of the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) whilst Paul Jeffreys is Director of IT at Oxford. I believe the [...]

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New Book: Digital Scholarship

By Craig | Published: April 21, 2009

A interesting new book on Digital Scholarship was released in December called ‘Digital Scholarship’; edited by Marta Mestrovic Deyrup. I haven’t ordered, read, and reviewed  this book as yet (it doesn’t come cheap at 57 pounds). What I see as one of the grand challenges of digital resources and scholarship is developing an explicit understanding [...]

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Stop Spam Read Books

By Craig | Published: August 3, 2007

One of the best Web 2.0 applications I have seen this year. An OCR proof reading service that also acts as a spam barrier. I’ll let the experts explain. A CAPTCHA is a program that can tell whether its user is a human or a computer. You’ve probably seen them — colorful images with distorted [...]

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Queer Online: Media Technology and Sexuality

By Craig | Published: April 24, 2007

Not my favorite publisher in the world, but this book has currency none the same. The ideas in it are rich, if lacking in evidence (and yes it is possible to do both). This collection draws together contemporary research into queer theory and practices, as they intersect with new media and communication technologies. It provides [...]

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‘Blogging, the Nihilist Impulse’ Public Lecture by Geert Lovink

By Craig | Published: November 30, 2006

(Dr Lovink is a co-founder of the Fibreculture Network; that is now well and truly dead. I can’t say that I miss it; it brought out my Nihlist instincts in me in a way that blogging never has. This is sure to be an excellent talk; bloggers in Sydney should attend). ‘Blogging, the Nihilist Impulse’ [...]

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What is CTheory.net ?

By Craig | Published: November 28, 2006

CTHEORY is an international peer-reviewed journal of theory, technology and culture. Articles, interviews, and key book reviews in contemporary discourse are published weekly as well as theorizations of major “event-scenes” in the mediascape. Editors: Arthur and Marilouise Kroker Editorial Board: Jean Baudrillard (Paris), Paul Virilio (Paris), Bruce Sterling (Austin), Siegfried Zielinski (Koeln), Stelarc (Melbourne), DJ [...]

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Information, Communication, and Society Webcasts

By Craig | Published: November 25, 2006

In collaboration with the Oxford Internet Institute, the editors of the academic peer-reviewed journal Information, Communication, and Society have been producing and archiving webcasts featuring the author(s) of the lead article of selected issues. (check them out…link)

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    Hi, my name is Dr Craig Bellamy and I am a digital humanities analyst for the Victorian eResearch Strategic Initiative, a consortium based at the University of Melbourne, however, the views expressed in this blog are the responsibility of the author alone.

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