This week was all about frantically getting things sorted so that I can completely disconnect for a week on starting friday (tomorrow). Putting up the scaffolding for project Fugu; a collaboration with River Institute on an experiment in higher education at the UvA. Hubbub will be designing some ARG-ish additions to its program. I am [...]
You have Alper to blame for this. Alice started it, many followed (some well worth reading) and now the meme has crossed the pond it seems. I know, we’re a bit slow in NL. So, what am I thinking about? My upcoming holiday, which will be the first break in over a year. I am [...]
The Play Ethic: wonderlab "they’re just finite (indeed, crappy) little pretexts – alongside other pretexts like gift-giving, sharing/curating, commenting/expressing – to help us engage in the potentially infinite social communication that something like Facebook (or more generally the internet) affords." One of many gems to be found in this elaborate Wonderlab report from Mr. Kane. [...]
The Breaking Time: Surveillance technology defeated — by makeup I wonder when this will become fashion. (tags: camouflage security privacy control liberty fashion makeup facepaint cameras surveillance) Couple Up, unpacked | Hide&Seek Margaret shares some notes on te design decisions behind Couple Up, a card game created at a recent Hide & Seek event in [...]
So week 165. One of those old-fashioned fragmented weeks that reminds me of why I decided a while ago that I should stop having more than two meetings on one day. Anyway. Following the weekend of Stekker Fest craziness I had a bit of an off day on Monday. Tuesday I sat down with Ianus [...]
All Play: Make Believe by Jimmy Stewart "It’s the playful spirit of the game that’s more important than the letter of the rules. Which is as it should be. Jane McGonigal says reality is broken and let’s fix it with game, a whiff of formalin in the air. Her lens on the world is rather [...]
I am sat at the studio while around me FourceLabs are putting the final touches to their installation for Stekker Fest. I’ll be there tomorrow to hand out buttons to players. It’s the first in a series of three playful additions to three festivals that I am overseeing – first called project Ebi and now [...]
Last week you might have thought: “Can a weeknote be any shorter?” (in a Chandler voice.) Yes it can. This week was basically about getting a first version of PLAY Pilots out the door. And we did. So go, play, and let me know what you think.
Slightly overdue so I’ll keep it (very) short. Project Ebi aka PLAY Pilots is in full production. Here’s a weeknote on the project blog about what happened last week. (It’s in Dutch, but Google Translate is your friend.) I am bringing on two interns to work on a project for the Amsterdam University. More on [...]
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