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Tim Berners-Lee in Amsterdam: On the World Wide Web…

The World Wide Web and Social Development Symposium at the VU University Amsterdam welcomed a variety of prominent speakers to discuss the problem: How...
Chris Castig
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Copy What Can’t Be Sold | Published Thesis for…

The final version of my MA Thesis is ready! Copy What Can’t Be Sold (and Sell What Can’t Be Copied): What Musicians Have Learned...
Chris Castig
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The Silversun Pickups Interview | 2009

This interview was published on The University of Amsterdam’s New Media blog in 2009. It is part of a collection of interviews on how the Internet...
Chris Castig
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Pains of Being Pure at Heart | An Interview…

This interview was published on The University of Amsterdam’s New Media blog in 2009. It is part of a collection of interviews on how the Internet...
Chris Castig
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Anatomical Analytics

Anatomical Analytics is a project I developed while at University of Amsterdam. It got the attention of UC Santa Barbara and was awarded 3rd Prize in...
Chris Castig
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Facebook Connect Vs. OpenID The Format War for Your…

Facebook Connect officially launched on Thursday and gives its members access to third-party sites using their Facebook login/password.  This feature is available to all...
Chris Castig
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Every Time You Use IE6 God Kills A Grandmother

IE6 is my grandmother on her deathbed and she just won’t die. Her skin is obviously wrinkled and dated, she doesn’t have any recollection...
Chris Castig
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Alexander Galloway’s Protocol: An Argument Summary

In Protocol Alexander Galloway argues that the Internet is not the “free-for-all of information” that many people perceive it to be, rather it is...
Chris Castig
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As Simple As Possible, No Simpler!

I’ve also noticed the uncomfortable “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” phenomena in which Nicholas Carr explains how the web’s immediate access culture is causing...
Chris Castig
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Stalking Myself (and How to Opt-out of the Facebook…

A few weeks ago I created a Facebook pseudonym in order to follow the News Feed of the real “Chris Castiglione”. Too often I...
Chris Castig
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