After Yahoo’s high-profile purchase of Tumblr, when Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer said that she would “promise not to screw it up,” this is probably not what she had in mind. Devoted users of Tumblr have been watching closely, worried that the cool, web 2.0 image blogging tool would be tamed by the nearly two-decade-old search giant. One population of Tumblr […]
What’s up in the Cloud(s)?
In May, Adobe prompted me reflect on the “Cloud.” Adobe announced that it’s widely used “Creative Suite,” which includes things like Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat and many other software products would be transitioning to a subscription-based, web-based and cloud-based product, the “Creative Cloud.” My first (and clearly cynical) thought was, “Well, at least I don’t […]
Visually Exploring the ICA 2013 Conference (#ica13)
(The Culture Digitally community hails from a number of disciplines, Communication being one of them. We were excited to come across Rodrigo Zamith’s analysis of the presentations at ICA, the most prominent of the scholarly conferences in the Communication field. We’re thrilled to share it here. Even if your work draws on other fields, many […]
On the 30th Anniversary of the UCSD Communication Department
For the last few years, I have jokingly referred to a “La Jolla School” of Communication. This invisible college has grown up around the Communication Department at the University of California, San Diego. And as a school of thought it is represented by the current faculty, of course, and the Ph.D. alumni who are also […]
Announcement: Culture Digitally Workshop London 2013
We would like to announce the 3rd Culture Digital Workshop in London April 16, 2013. The workshop is sponsored by the Departments of Digital Humanities and Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King’s College London and by Goldsmiths’ Centre for the study of Global Media and Democracy. Culture Digitally would like to thank Tim Jordan and […]