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Webtwitch Wednesday!

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Freshly back from SXSWi – here we go again with another installment of Webtwitch Wednesday!

The list for today:

TweetDeck – I had seen this pop up on screens all across SXSW and had no idea what it was. Though it was weird feeling as though I was behind the times, I did eventually ask what it was and am glad I did!
Cyark.org – Archaeology Online! – Got this one from the Real Tech of Indiana Jones panel.
Happiness Hypothesis – There seems to be a lot of upper management/CEOs/thought leaders looking into happiness. I got this one from the Zappos Keynote.
Four Hour Work Week Blog – also got from the Zappos Keynote.
Funology: From Usability to Enjoyment – this I got after doing a search on Funologist after attending the Funologist – Guerrilla Game Research (which was very cool – I’d like to have that title some day!) – but wow is the book expensive…
Adaptive Path Reading List – interesting how many of these I already own/have read.

Lastly, I’ve added the Anthropologist For Hire! link at the top. This is to help garner interest of companies who may be in need of the services of an anthropologist as I am looking for a company to be my practicum partner so that I may finish up the last requirements for my masters degree. Then I’ll be moving on to my PhD!

Webtwitch Wednesdays!

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As a way of keeping this blog updated more often, I am going to try to track my web twitches from week to week and post them here! My hope is to coalesce new information, technologies, and approaches as I happen upon them, or perhaps maybe reintroduce information and technology that is already known. If nothing else, perhaps this reflexive blogging will allow me to track themes within my own information seeking and browsing habits (can you tell I’m in an information behavior class this semester?), which could be an interesting study all its own I’m sure!

First the definition of webtwitch: Our new-found need to immediately look something up online the moment it comes up in the context of our daily lives.

With that – here are my current web twitches:
http://rprimelab.com/ – It’s a viral approach to establishing a fan base for Whedon’s newest series, Dollhouse. (I’m a huge Whedon fan – started with the Buffy series on its premier night!)

http://greenlandgame.com/ – A new interactive game sort of like Risk, but online. Unfortunately I have not been able to keep up with it.

http://sxsw.com/interactive/talks/schedule – The SXSW Interactive 2009 panel listing. I keep finding new ones I want to attend!

Keeping tabs on GM – as part of my class project in Organizational Anthropology where we are working with internal GM anthropologists to gauge what public perceptions of GM are.

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