Knock, Knock, Web Weaver…
This post is about the poiesis of relationships on the Web and the essence of their content. In marketing communications speak, this post provides several dots to connect in order to see the new communication scenario we are all in, and start weaving the Web, accordingly. Definitions of web content, in the context of marketing communications and
At the interstice of code, culture, and change: A dialogue with Anni Rowland-Campbell
It’s 11.01. I am half-way home, just finishing my morning walk. And I am one minute late for an online event called Brave Conversations. It feels awkward to be late for an event hosted by brilliant people like Intersticia and, nota bene, with the participation of Dame Wendy Hall. Yet, the pull is so strong that I decide to
Raw Notes from Webit Festival 2019
In 2019 for yet another year Mr. Plamen Russev and his team did make a difference in the world of with Webit.Festival. The festival brought up on the stage a huge doze of inspiration and the best out of all investors, innovators, politicans and game changers for the cause of enlighted future! Here are my raw notes from
Digital Text as a Phenomenon of Culture
These are my slides from the International Forum of the Faculty of Slavic Studies at the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" 2019 where I talked about how I saw digital text. What makes digital text different? I. Text-specific differences Hypertext Ease of publishing, distribution, access (search/retrieval) Non-linearity, fragmentation Potentially all kinds of containers (DNA included) II. Context-specific differences (where
From Envisioning Art to Embedding It with Metadata: A Dialogue with Margaret Warren
Margaret does something that is of uber importance for all of us: she builds and thinks through the technology of describing, storing and retrieving images. Her tool ImageSnippets™, created for anyone who archives, curates or shares images on the Web (who doesn't these days) was born out of her passion and scientific problem: the semantic annotation
Information Gardens, Meadows and Woodlands: A Dialogue with Alison Pope
I will be honest. I found Alison Pope while querying Google with my name and the word semantics. As always, the thin thread of code didn’t let me down. It connected me to a writing of Alison's where I lost myself in following all the portals her words and thoughts provided. The moment I read Alison and