Within the scope of the “↑Journée d’études “Communautés virtuelles”“ just two weeks ago, on 09 November 2007, I presented a paper called “Material culture and social interaction online: The reality of the virtual” at the Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg. Besides other things I talked a bit about my idea of “↵virtualism“. ↑Klaus Schönberger, who was in the audience and later in the day delivered a lecture himself, asked who in particular I thought the “virtualists” were. I refrained from calling names and tried to give an a bit abstract description as an answer. Now, Klaus, here is an example. In … Continue reading
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The ↑2001 revised edition of ↑Steven Poole‘s book “Trigger Happy” (↵2000) now is available online under a Creative Commons licence—alas, only for an unspecified “limited time”. The ↑extra final chapter from the 2004 US edition is online, too. … Continue reading