Leonardo Electronic Almanac: Creative Data issue is now out!

it has taken two years but our special issue Creative Data is out on Leonardo Electronic Almanac. Thanks to all the writers for their patience!

Jack Ox, Jeremy Hight, and Erik Champion, Creative Data: Visualisation, Augmentation, Telepresence and Immersion
Trish Adams, “Machina Carnis”
Joe Faith, “Interactive Data Exploration with Targeted Projection Pursuit”
Joanna Griffin, “Satellite Stories: Immersion in the Large-Scale Projection of Google Earth and Public Storytelling”
Cindy Keefer, “‘Raumlichtmusik’ – Early 20th Century Abstract Cinema Immersive Environments”
Carol LaFayette, “Atta, Palindrome”
Luther Thie, “LA Interchange: A Real-Time Memorial”
Klaus Wassermann, “lifeClipper – Commonality in Images”
Ruth West, et al., “Algorithmic Object as Natural Specimen: Meta Shape Grammar Objects from Atlas in Silico”

cfp: special issue on “Digital Storytelling” - seminar.net

http://www.seminar.net/latest/call-for-papers-special-issue-on-digital-storytelling

“Digital storytelling” is a strong and emerging genre in the contemporary media landscape, and we invite scholars to publish the results of their academic studies in this area. Joe Lambert of the Center for Digital Storytelling, professor Theo Hug of University of Innsbruck, and professor Knut Lundby, University of Oslo have agreed to act as an advisory board to the editors for this special issue.

Important dates: November 1, 2009: Final date for sending proposals to editor, January 1, 2010: Final date for sending contributions to the editor and March 31, 2010: Publication.

academics have no time to read

Such is the pressure to write that academics have no time to read the flood of published work. John Corner ponders a slightly absurd position.

And the answer is?