Reading

Currently Reading: How to Write A Lot

Thanks to a colleague who mentioned the book on Twitter, I have been reading How To Write A Lot: A practical guide to productive academic writing by Paul J. Silvia. It is a quick read, written a bit tongue in cheek (imo), and quite honestly, hasn’t quite rocked my world with new information. The keyContinue reading “Currently Reading: How to Write A Lot”

Next Up On The Reading List: Kittler

I was going to read Zizek’s The Parallax view (since it was the third book bought at the same time as the other two) – but after reading a handful of pages, I realized my head just wasn’t into it. I need to be in the right frame of mind to read Zizek, as muchContinue reading “Next Up On The Reading List: Kittler”

Random Thoughts on ‘Always Already New: Media, history and the data of culture’

Finished reading Lisa Gitelman’s Always Already New: Media, history and the data of culture a few days ago. I have to say, I was quite pleased with it on a few levels. First of all, I bought in at the same time as Hayles’ How We Think. It was completely haphazard – I love Hayles’ work, and Gitelman’s bookContinue reading “Random Thoughts on ‘Always Already New: Media, history and the data of culture’”

This is Not a Review: My thoughts on Hayles’ “How We Think: Digital Media and Contemporary Technogenesis”

Finished reading Hayles’ How We Think: Digital Media and Contemporary Technogenesis about a week or so ago and overall, I have to say I really enjoyed it … of course with a few “buts” in there for good measure. I really like Hayles’ writing style. I personally find it complex but not complicated. I findContinue reading “This is Not a Review: My thoughts on Hayles’ “How We Think: Digital Media and Contemporary Technogenesis””

Game Studies – New Issue

A new issue of Game Studies – Special Issue – EQ 10 Years Later has just come out. This issue is dear to my heart not only because of the fact that we (Bart Simon & Mark Silverman) have an article in the issue, but also because it is the game that brought me toContinue reading “Game Studies – New Issue”

I, Avatar: Reading Review in Progress

I am reading the book I, Avatar: The Culture and Consequencese of Having a Second Life – yet another book that has been sitting on my shelf waiting to be read, and I was struck by a few things. First of all, I am really enjoying it so far. To be honest, when I firstContinue reading “I, Avatar: Reading Review in Progress”

Translating – Working through Martin Lefebvre’s ‘Psycho: de la figure au musée imaginaire’

I am working on a paper for my class on the figure in film and the primary text I chose to base my argument on happens to be in French – Martin Lefebvres “Psycho: de la figure au musée imaginaire”. I really enjoy the text, which essentially argues that the figural is not a propertyContinue reading “Translating – Working through Martin Lefebvre’s ‘Psycho: de la figure au musée imaginaire’”

More Books

And I complain about the lack of time for reading! However, I am extremely excited about the two that arrived today; Rodowick’s Reading the Figural, or philosophy after the new media (odd, I must have received the last one as it is now temporarily unavailable to order from Indigo Online … weird) and Massumi’s Parables for theContinue reading “More Books”

When In Doubt – Procrastinate

I have been trying to wrap my brain around some material that I am supposed to submit to my advisor by Friday for a Monday morning meeting. I have everything in bits and pieces, but have no real idea as to how to get the ball rolling (a continuation of my earlier post about floodContinue reading “When In Doubt – Procrastinate”

Two Second Update

First of all, I am happy to say that the last two songs on GH1 that were unfinished (at expert) have been completed thanks to my oldest daughter’s lightning fast fingers. I have 16 days left of summer holiday – and while it hasn’t been my most productive summer compared to the last few years,Continue reading “Two Second Update”