http://rg3lolkema.blogdrive.com/ rg3lolkema Tue, 02 May 2006 11:30:00 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2006. http://rg3lolkema.blogdrive.com/archive/29.html Tue, 02 May 2006 10:28:57 GMT For the ones who are still visiting this not that often refreshed site here a new entry. I finished my Bachelor Communication and Information Knowledges in 2005 and I am now a Masterstudent of Governance at the Utrecht School of Governance. I'm almost done studying there and will be looking for a job after I have finished my final essay. Beside that I'm working as a housemaster at the National Museum from Musical Clock tot Street Organ to make some extra money. It's a great place to work for a while, before I'll start working for real. Right now I'm writing my final essay on the... (more) http://rg3lolkema.blogdrive.com/comments?id=29 http://rg3lolkema.blogdrive.com/archive/28.html Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:48:42 GMT Affiliation: Utrecht University, the Netherlands Starts: 4/20/04 Ends: 7/9/04 Leaders: CLASSIFIED Keywords: Participant agency, norms, (self-)regulation, branding, organization of (peer) production. Members: 50 Description: The introduction of Mosaic and the Pentium chip in the mid-1990s profoundly changed the notion of re-circulation initially associated with digital culture by decentralizing computer networks and enabling the peer-to-peer exchange of sound, image, and text. The Internet could be used for more than looking up information or sending email. Many people... (more) http://rg3lolkema.blogdrive.com/comments?id=28 http://rg3lolkema.blogdrive.com/archive/27.html Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:44:18 GMT Question Final H2O assignment - online targeting communities Take a look at http://blog.johnkerry.com and http://www.eonline.com and http://www.goarmy.com (btw, see the Dutch 'equivalent'http://www.missiondecision.nl which is down by now) 1) Does the term ‘brand’ apply? Please explain in-depth 2) Browse around the sites - what segmentation variable(s) are these sites using for defining their target market? 3) How are the sites designed to appeal to the target audience? 4) How is the online participatory space regulated by community norms?; What are the variations of... (more) http://rg3lolkema.blogdrive.com/comments?id=27 http://rg3lolkema.blogdrive.com/archive/26.html Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:43:27 GMT Question We've watched an episode of 'The Apprentice' in which contestants work to win a position at Donald Trump's company. We've also discussed briefly how you can take a look at organisations as culture and as communities and how strategies are derived from an organisation culture. Please sketch Donald Trump's perspective on 'doing business'. That is, give a short history on what kind of company's Trump owns (or used to own), what his business approach is, how his organisation is structured as a culture and community and how would you relate his way to the 'American way' and an... (more) http://rg3lolkema.blogdrive.com/comments?id=26 http://rg3lolkema.blogdrive.com/archive/25.html Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:41:41 GMT Question Compare Coca-Cola's website at www.cokemusic.com to Fox's site about the TV series '24' at www.fox.com/24/ in terms of the attributes and affordances of the Internet, the use of space, the choice for these types of entertainment formats (e.g. game vs video clips), the mode of participation (i.e. 'sense of community') and the relationship between the website and the overall aim of the company regarding what they want to promote. BTW, you may also make use of other websites that are related to Coca-Cola or '24' Be cocacola and join our team From: Pieter Lolkema I’ve just... (more) http://rg3lolkema.blogdrive.com/comments?id=25 http://rg3lolkema.blogdrive.com/archive/24.html Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:40:33 GMT Question Yesterday we talked about the production side of commercial entities as a way to briefly sketch market structures. Before any investments are made to start up a business people need to do research whether there is a market for their products. Let's say that you want to start up a business in the Netherlands selling mobile phones and subscriptions to your services similar to providers like Vodafone. However you are only going to sell your phones and services over the Internet. How would you tackle this? Please take into account and explain at least the following: - initial... (more) http://rg3lolkema.blogdrive.com/comments?id=24 http://rg3lolkema.blogdrive.com/archive/23.html Sun, 12 Sep 2004 06:04:17 GMT Hieronder staat een link naar een zeer interessante documentaire over Jan Sloot, die de broncode heeft ontwikkeld waardoor de gehele computerdata industrie zou veranderen. Hij stierf echter een dag voor zijn miljardendeal. Een dag voordat de code werd vastgelegd bij een notaris. Natuurlijke dood? Of stond er te veel op het spel? Hier deel één van de uitzending. (Deel twee 12-09-04 bij Netwerk. 20:15) http://www.netwerk.tv/index.jsp?p=items&r=netwerk&a=131206 http://rg3lolkema.blogdrive.com/comments?id=23 http://rg3lolkema.blogdrive.com/archive/22.html Wed, 25 Aug 2004 01:21:22 GMT Question We talked about the commodification of time related to our dedication of time to various online spaces.Some of these virtual communities are becoming commodified and function solely by the mechanisms of participation. Some people argue (e.g., Jenkins, Adrejevic, Uricchio) that participation may be a form of labor. Please try to argue whether you agree or disagree. Please think about the various uses of the notion of 'participation'. Further, we talked about 'mods' (modifications) as user-created content ('participation'). What are the implications of the institutionalization... (more) http://rg3lolkema.blogdrive.com/comments?id=22 http://rg3lolkema.blogdrive.com/archive/21.html Wed, 25 Aug 2004 01:13:02 GMT Question You are a specialist in media with expertise in the Internet and social organization. You've been hired by a large, independent 'think-tank' to provide your best assessment of where P2P collectivities are headed, what their likely impact will be on the cultural landscape, and what (if anything) to do about it (stimulate it? regulate it? stop it?). Your task is to write an executive summary of the main arguments as you see them, complete with mention of how you plan to back up your arguments (what sort of evidence -- data, interviews, etc -- is needed? where you would... (more) http://rg3lolkema.blogdrive.com/comments?id=21 http://rg3lolkema.blogdrive.com/archive/20.html Fri, 25 Jun 2004 05:22:42 GMT IN part two you can click above the source=bron where you can find the NFS BMW....to see the image http://rg3lolkema.blogdrive.com/comments?id=20