Selected Papers

Was kommt nach Web2.0? (Und was kam vorher?) Digitale Medien-Start-Ups im Silicon Valley. In: Michael A. Herzog (Hrsg.) Prozessgestaltung in der Medienproduktion; Berlin: Gito, 2009

The Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing: Multimedia Publishing. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003.

The Medium is the Memory In: The Digital Dialectic. New Essays on New Media MIT Press, 1999.

Interaction Design. State of the Art and Future Developments. An argument for information design. Rockport Publishers 1998-.

Books the Next Generation—Reading on the Electronic Frontier. Heidelberg: Springer,1996.

Tabula Rasa in: Cutting Edge Web Design, Rockport 1998.

My Home is my Memory is my Home. Mediamatic, Amsterdam 1995. (Doors of Perception  Conference 2)

Thoughts about digital media, electronic books, and design

Writings

The impact of the printed word has changed significantly over the last fifteen years, yet the book still holds a preferred role as a conveyor of memory. I was always interested in the paradigm shift—the transitions and ruptures—when a new medium becomes old and a “new new” medium enters the stage. Looking at these transitory phases can help to better understand current developments. Early cinematography can hardly be compared to the beginnings of the Internet, yet the mistakes made and the way the medium was misunderstood are strikingly similar.

The papers focus on three topics:

1. •Publishing in digital media and electronic books
   

2. •Digital Media Design
   

3. •The concept of "memory" and the concept of "home"
   

I am always interested in a discourse and look forward to feedback and comments.