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This is my personal blog which I started in 2003. At first it was called Communigations, a variation on Communicative Investigations. The blog transformed itself more into a personal investigation than being a blog on communication and therefore needed a new name.As a fencer, the name of this blog reflects how I write my thoughts into coherent stories, fence them off from all the sidepaths and rapidly go back and forth, covering various topics that interest me.
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Tag Archives: documentary
Back to back interviews are exhausting
Wednesday I’ve been filming the FabLab managers in Groningen for my documentary during the FabTafel held there. It is a 6-weekly gathering of the local FabLab-community to talk about all things related to FabLab. It was a perfect opportunity for me to interview the managers in one go.
FabLab Groningen is a new Lab, officially opening [...]
Creating a Fab Lab documentary for SHiFT
My goal in the next two months is to create a documentary on the Dutch Fab Lab scene, which will be shown in some form at SHiFT in April. It is a bit of a wild idea, but it’s an excellent way for me to practice my skills on creating a slightly longer film involving [...]
Now here’s something to watch
I’ve just finished watching all chapters of RiP: A remix manifesto. This is a brilliant documentary by Brett Gaylor about
issues of copyright in the information age, mashing up the media landscape of the 20th century and shattering the wall between users and producers.
Here’s the intro, as an appetizer.
Watch all the other chapters online. With [...]
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