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HASTAC II: Software Studies

Submitted by patrickjagoda on May 23, 2008 - 7:33pm.
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"HIPerwall Demo: Cultural Analytics"

In an afternoon session at HASTAC II, a panel comprised of Lev Manovich, Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Anne Helmond, Nick Montfort, Tristan Thielmann, and Jeremy Douglass discussed different aspects of the emerging field of software studies. By looking at everything from blogging to Google Maps software, the panelists argued for the importance of studying culture through software specifics.

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HASTAC II: Worldwide Telescope

Submitted by patrickjagoda on May 23, 2008 - 6:03pm.
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Curtis Wong, Microsoft, "From Beethoven to Betelgeuse, 20 years in the quest for the Holy Grail of Interactive Storytelling"

HASTAC II continues with Curtis Wong's fantastic Keynote Address about the development of interactive storytelling and educational media applications over the last 20 years. From early CD-ROMs to the first enhanced broadband television program (PBS's Commanding Heights), Wong worked through some key improvements in digital interfaces.

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HASTAC II: Lightning Talks

Submitted by patrickjagoda on May 23, 2008 - 2:20pm.
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Howard Rheingold, "Literacies, Collective Action, Participatory Media"

The first set of "lightning talks" took place today at UC Irvine at the start of the 2008 HASTAC II conference on "Techno-travels."

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