The Blog is now Analog/Digital (update your feed readers)

Welcome to Analog/Digital (http://analogdigital.us)

The decision to move to a new domain and upgrade the appearance of this site has been pending for over a year, but I have consistently been sidetracked by other commitments. Continued time pressures at present will inevitably result in a staggered launch with new content to follow soon.

The technical stuff

The design changes are mainly aesthetic (a fresh coat of paint), including improved navigation (new menu bar, dual sidebars). I also provide more links to my other content from around the web (Del.icio.us, Twitter, Flickr, Collected.info, OAC) and new page elements featuring recent comments from readers like you. Under the hood, the code is better composed than the previous, ancient (in internet terms) site layout, which means faster page loads.

The re-design was therefore motivated by practical and infrastructural as well as aesthetic concerns. This page should now be compliant with all browsers and resolutions (although it is optimized for resolutions 1024x768 and higher).

More good news is that old page links should still work. You will, however, need to update your RSS feed readers to be sure that you’re receiving the latest content. Click here for the new posts feed, or follow the links at the top of the page next to the RSS icon.

While I am still tweaking, papering the walls, laying the carpets, etc, please feel free to let me know if anything looks forgotten or irreparably broken.

Why Analog/Digital?

Analog/Digital reflects my perception of new technologies as continuous with existing lifestyles. We are all perpetually skirting the line between now and then, past and future, analog and digital. My efforts at contributing to an anthropology of the internet and web-based media take this on board as the starting point for understanding the ongoing human engagement with technology.

I hope that you will find these site changes to be an overall improvement. As my personal and thesis-writing schedules calm down, I will be adding new content that has been waiting half-finished in a queue of unpublished posts for far too long.

[Image: steampunk synthesizer. Source.]

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XP: OAC logo design competition launched

Cross-posted from the OAC:

One item which has been pending since the creation of the OAC one year ago is an iconic logo representing the Open Anthropology Cooperative. There have been debates about the form and function of our activities here and the atmosphere and structure of our discussions. The OAC potentially means something distinct to each of us, but we are now at an important stage in moving forward, with the aid of the entire membership, to solidify our purpose and our role within the anthropological community. It seems fitting to launch a logo design competition to mark our one year anniversary and to give all members an opportunity to contribute to the identity of the site which we have each helped to construct.

The admin team would therefore like to encourage design submissions for a logo to represent the Open Anthropology Cooperative. If chosen, your design will appear on the header of this page as the official logo as well as on other OAC-related sites and initiatives, including the OAC Press. It will help to solidify our identity and recognition of the OAC on the web. The theme and style of the design is open. Feel free to be inspired by the Cooperative’s diversity of membership, its ambitious aims in promoting wider participation in anthropological discussion, encouraging cooperation and inspiring innovation, or any other experiences that you’ve had here.

The deadline for submissions is July 28, 2010. Voting on designs which meet the specifications detailed below will begin after that time.

Read more about how to submit your design and join in the conversation here.

In addition to your logos, we need your ideas for a reward for the winning designer! You can also reply to the thread if you have some suggestions or skills to add to a collaborative effort, but are unable to design it by yourself. What kind of logo would you like to see at the OAC? Something slick and minimalist? Something more colorful and techno-funky? Share your ideas with us.

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