Thought I’d do this again. I read 27 books last year, almost exclusively on my Kindle. Below is a list, in order of finish date (latest first). I highlighted five favorites and provided a bit of commentary. How to Do Things with Videogames, Ian Bogost Lady of Mazes, Karl Schroeder The Well-Played Game, Bernie DeKoven1 [...]
I have to say, number seven is still fresh in my mind. Even so, we’ve announced number eight. You’ll find the lineup below. I hope to see you in four weeks, on November 22 at the HKU Akademietheater. Rainer Kohlberger is an independent visual artist based in Berlin. The concept and installation design for the [...]
I’m happy to say we have our fourth speaker confirmed for next Monday’s This happened. Here’s the blurb: Landscape architect Ronald Rietveld talks about Vacant NL. The installation challenges the Dutch government to use the enormous potential of inspiring, unused buildings from the 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st century for creative entrepreneurship and innovation. [...]
After a bit of a long summer break Alexander, Ianus and I are back with another edition of This happened – Utrecht. Read about the program of the seventh edition below. We’ll add a fourth speaker to the roster soon. The event is scheduled for Monday 4 October at Theater Kikker in Utrecht. Doors open [...]
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 [...]
Last week we announced the sixth edition of This happened – Utrecht. The program was up on our Dutch site already, here’s the program in English (soon available on our international .org site, too). As always I am very excited about the line-up. Can’t wait to hear what stories these people have to share about [...]
Tweetakt is happening in Utrecht at the moment. It’s a youth theatre festival, really pushing the limits of what we think that means. As an example, they’ve provided space for several installations at the festival centre on the Neude. I went over for a quick look today – even though I know most of the [...]
In a recent post on the Edge blog – which, if you consider yourself a games designer, you absolutely must read – Matt Jones asks: “Why should pocket calculators be put on a pedestal, and not Peggle?” He writes about the need for games to be appreciated and critiqued as design objects. He points out [...]
This is the last list I’ll be posting on stuff from 2009, I promise. After this it’s all about looking forward. I’ve been tracking my reading on aNobii for some time. Here’s a list of the books I’ve found particularly worthwhile, ordered chronologically. My three absolute favorites are marked in bold. Faith in Fakes, Umberto [...]
Last year was thankfully much lower on travel than previous ones. We’re almost a week into 2010, I know, but I still thought it would be worth posting these.1 Vancouver Saint Augustine Kuala Lumpur London One or more nights were spent in each place. All of these were lovely in their own way, but KL’s [...]
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