April 4, 2011hkcommunity, gaming, social impactNo Comments
A year has gone. 2010 F.R.O.G. was a descent and inspiring place to share positive ideas about gaming – fully compatible with the organisers`s incentive (Positveprädikatisierung von Computer & Konsolenspielen) and something you did not want to miss if you are somehow connected to games – and happen to live in Vienna. This year´s conference […]
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February 19, 2011hkalternate reality, community, cross media, social impact, viralNo Comments
If you ever thought about what Al Gore is producing besides saving the planet from becoming a CO2 Greenhouse then see the newest spawn “BAR KARMA”, a brave attempt to evolve TV with interactivity on his channel current.com. from http://current.com/shows/bar-karma/93002899_once-upon-a-timeline-bar-karma-sneak-peek.htm “A guy walks into a bar…” – what may sound like a the beginning of […]
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February 14, 2011hkalternate reality, community, social art, social impactNo Comments
About making your own rules, if you need them…
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January 31, 2011hkcommunity, discourse, social impact, social mediaNo Comments
“Trust, like influence, is contextual. To answer the question: who do you trust? honestly, we’d probably need to say “it depends”. [...] It looks like in 2011, trust in academics and experts continues to be high, while trust in people like you has declined. Does that mean we trust the people who are humanizing brands […]
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January 21, 2011hkcommunity, discourse, social impactNo Comments
“Eine Regierung, die alle Bürger verdächtigt, sollte abtreten und sich ein anderes Volk suchen.” Volker Beck “A government, which suspects all it´s citizens should step down and search for another populace.”
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December 29, 2010hkalternate reality, cultural hacking, social art, social impactNo Comments
Undergraduate students were assigned the task of spending from fifteen minutes to an hour in their homes viewing its activities while assuming that they were boarders in the household. They were instructed not to act out the assumption. Thirty-three students reported their experiences. [. . .] “A short, stout man entered the house, kissed me […]
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December 8, 2010hkalternate reality, community, cultural hacking, social impactNo Comments
Quantitative easing playfully explained. Watch this, check it for yourself, open the window and scream:’I’M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!’ We want you to get up right now, sit up, go to your windows, open them and stick your head out and yell – ‘I’m as mad as […]
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October 28, 2010hkcommunity, gaming, social art, viralNo Comments
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October 11, 2010hkUncategorizedNo Comments
The grim dark future of games (David Hon @ PSFK 2010):
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October 7, 2010hkcommunity, cultural hackingNo Comments
I do not know who made the cartoon, but it depicts in a wonderfully functional way how to properly interact with programmers…
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