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The web is growing so incredibly fast — it’s so dynamic and has so many new applications. Keeping up with the web and figuring out what is new and interesting is difficult. So, we designed building43 to bring together thought leaders in a variety of disciplines and organizations.

Nielsen presents some of its quantitative finding on the use of social media in the US for 2011.

The theme addresses an issue with regards to the future of books as the placeholder of ideas. What would happen to storytelling now? Are we ready for a life without books? The seminar will pool contributions from book publishers, designers and multimedia storytellers.

Collection of essays on the evolution of literary studies in the digital age, with theoretical and methodological reflexions on the relationships between nicts and the evolution of the reading/writing/editing practices.

When Intel hired Genevieve Bell in 1998 she was tasked with two things. The first was to help the company understand women, and the second was to understand the rest of the world.

A researcher at Oxford University has discovered that regularly playing computer games reduces the chances of going to university by a significant amount. [...] [BUT] Those who enjoyed computer games were no less likely to take on professional or managerial posts at the age of 33.

The Digital World Research Centre (DWRC) aims to develop and apply a process of user-centred innovation in digital media technology, based on the interplay of user, design, business and technology research.

The Small Media Initiative invites submission of abstracts for its 2011 Small Media Symposium to be held at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London on 8 – 9 April 2011.

Amid the silly videos and spam are the roots of a new reading and writing culture, says Clay Shirky.

" Since discovering the net in 1993, the things I’ve spent my time thinking through, working on, and writing about have varied widely. I have been a producer, programmer, professor, designer, author, consultant... "