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The ball-of-mud transition: Akvo.org

Maf'j Alvarez October 16, 2013 Blog, Research, Rootbeans, Tech news No Comments

“A Big Ball of Mud is a haphazardly structured, sprawling, sloppy, duct-tape-and-baling-wire, spaghetti-code jungle. These systems show unmistakable signs of unregulated growth, and repeated, expedient repair. Information is shared promiscuously among distant elements of the system, often to the point

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Bean game with James Shreeve at the Fountainhead 10/10/13

Maf'j Alvarez October 15, 2013 Blog, Coursework, relational aesthetics, Rootbeans No Comments
Bean game with James Shreeve at the Fountainhead 10/10/13

Thursday 10th October saw the first beans game played with James Shreeve at the Fountainhead pub in Brighton. The first game of the Digital Media Arts course. Whilst course leader Sue Gollifer and visiting lecturers Sam Proud and Paul Bunkham

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On relational aesthetics: Nicolas Bourriand

Maf'j Alvarez October 13, 2013 art theory, Blog, Nicolas Bourriand, relational aesthetics, Research No Comments

“…the liveliest factor that is played out on the chessboard of art has to do with interactive, user friendly and relational concepts” Nicolas Bourriand: Relational Aesthetics,1996 Excerpts from book This was posted on Google+…

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My Experience As A Fourth Grade Hacker | TechCrunch

Maf'j Alvarez October 11, 2013 Blog, Gender, Hacker Culture, Tech news No Comments

My Experience As A Fourth Grade Hacker | TechCrunch TechCrunch is a leading technology media property, dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news. This was posted on Google+…

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Delusions of Gender: The Real Science Behind Sex Differences

Maf'j Alvarez October 11, 2013 Blog, Gender, Research No Comments

On my reading list-  perhaps the library has this one Delusions of Gender: The Real Science Behind Sex Differences: : Cordelia Fine: Books Delusions of Gender: The Real Science Behind Sex Differences: Amazon.co.uk: Cordelia Fine: Books This was posted on

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‘Computer Geeks’ used to be ‘Computer Girls’

Maf'j Alvarez October 11, 2013 Research No Comments

Researcher reveals how “Computer Geeks” replaced “Computer Girls” | The Clayman Institute for Gender Research Asked to picture a computer programmer, most of us describe the archetypal computer geek, a brilliant but socially-awkward male. We imagine him as a largely

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