p. purgathofer, n. luckner: layout considered harmful: on the influence of information architecture on dialogue. in: "learning and collaboration technologies. designing and developing novel learning experiences", springer international publishing, lecture notes in computer science volume 8523 (2014), isbn: 978-3-319-07482-5; s. 216 - 225
yourTurn.fm is the result of a WWTF project, serious beats. yourTurn is a social video DJing game on facebook that was designed by fares kayali and me together with platogo.
In 2013, i built DIY kindle scanner. It is a technological intervention intended to highlight the futility of copy protection in digital media. The video has enjoyed more than 250k views on vimeo, and was covered in countless major online channels as well as most local newspapers. Also, it was covered in the critical digital media and media arts (print) magazine »neural« as well as in-depth on allThingsD.com.
L3T, the »Lehrbuch für Lernen und Lehren mit Technologien«, has more success than anyone would have anticipated. more than 100.000 times downloaded, 3 awards won. One of 115 authors, I contributed by writing a small section about copyright.
this research project is funded by the BMWFW »sparkling science« program starting in march 2015. the project goal is to collect insight into game based learning for the 14-18 age bracket. a detailled description can be found on the project web space.
pigLAB is a research lab founded and organised by fares kayali and peter purgathofer. it serves as a breeding ground and organisational frame for research and design projects around game based anything. see more of our activities on the pigLAB project page.
our (fares kayali and my) talk at the game for change 2012 festival was recorded on video and is available on youtube.
i am proud to be part of what is allegedly one of the best TV reports ever made on digital games and violence: »computerspiele jenseits der klischees« by catherine radam.
i was invited to TEDx Pannonia 2010 to talk about the radical portfolio. a preliminary recording of the talk is available on youtube, and the slide can be viewed on slideshare. oh, and my TEDx application is also still on youtube.
my talk about “e-voting - accessibility vs. risks” at the a-tag 08 is available as slides at slideshare.net, as audio recording and as transcript. also, i have generated a word cloud from the transcriptusing wordle.net.
tim pritlove interviewed me in 2009 in one of his legendary chaosradio express podcasts, CRE131. you can listen to the full version or just a few highlights.
our simulation of the play-off phase of EURO08 at kunsthalle project space within the exhibition games. their present-day role in art and politics is subject of an article on wieninternational.at. additionally, students produced a documentation video (2008).
my talk at the deepsec-conference in 2007 about evoting was recorded on video.
in summer 2014, i had the priviledge to conduct a seminar at the european forum alpbach together with minoru asada, the renowned robotics researcher and inventor of robot football. we earned good feedback and inspired a funny cartoon.
Biscuit for reddit is a groundbraking iPad client for reddit.com, offering a unique way to follow and participate in the discussions. It is the result of the master thesis of matthias tretter, who collaborated with thomas pamminger of wollzelle and peter purgathofer for the concept and design of the app. It is available on the iOS app store since late 2012.
in sept 2012, futurezone.at mentioned me & the institute as a breeding ground of sorts for small austrian game developers
my colleague and head of the institute where i work, geraldine fitzpatrick, has been named »expert of the month« by derstandard.at in sept. 2010.