Comments on: Networky http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/04/26/networky/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:20:04 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Club Troppo » Missing Link (somewhat belated) http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/04/26/networky/comment-page-1/#comment-53252 Club Troppo » Missing Link (somewhat belated) Wed, 02 May 2007 01:05:33 +0000 http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/04/26/networky/#comment-53252 [...] Over at Home-Cooked Theory, there’s talk about how hard it is to find jobs in New Media through traditional avenues. I can’t help wondering if this will flow on into other industries, or if it will remain sector-confined, like getting work for free-lancing of almost any variety. [...] [...] Over at Home-Cooked Theory, there’s talk about how hard it is to find jobs in New Media through traditional avenues. I can’t help wondering if this will flow on into other industries, or if it will remain sector-confined, like getting work for free-lancing of almost any variety. [...]

]]> By: Jason W http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/04/26/networky/comment-page-1/#comment-53193 Jason W Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:21:23 +0000 http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/04/26/networky/#comment-53193 WARNING - PLUG. Terry - the issues you talk about are covered in depth in a great piece about the "professional identity of game workers" by Mark Deuze, Chase Martin and Christian Allen in the upcoming special games issue of Convergence (published in November 07, co-edited by Helen Kennedy and yrs trly). They actually talk to game workers directly about the issues you mention, and their voices emerge really clearly in the context of a discussion that thinks through flexibility, crunches, burnout etc. Anyway I won't spoil the surprise, but I think that this is an area of research that has a long way to run. PLUG ENDS.(Sorry, Mel) WARNING – PLUG. Terry – the issues you talk about are covered in depth in a great piece about the “professional identity of game workers” by Mark Deuze, Chase Martin and Christian Allen in the upcoming special games issue of Convergence (published in November 07, co-edited by Helen Kennedy and yrs trly). They actually talk to game workers directly about the issues you mention, and their voices emerge really clearly in the context of a discussion that thinks through flexibility, crunches, burnout etc. Anyway I won’t spoil the surprise, but I think that this is an area of research that has a long way to run. PLUG ENDS.(Sorry, Mel)

]]> By: Terry http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/04/26/networky/comment-page-1/#comment-53188 Terry Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:26:18 +0000 http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/04/26/networky/#comment-53188 I've also read Ros Gill's paper with interest. One place where these issues are quite sharp is in the games industry. Students are flocking to Games degrees at present, but it is an industry where working conditions for the majority are notoriously poor, to the point where designers and programmers took up a class action against Electronic Arts in late 2004 (The 'EA woidows', or long-suffering firends and partners of EA employees). http://archive.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-04/12-21-04/l02ca275.htm Interestingly the industry sort of acknowledges the problems of a permanent 'crunch time' and the impact it has on people working in the industry. http://www.igda.org/qol/ In terms of netwroking, from what others tell me about who enrols in the games degree, the ideal networking opportunity would have been the Slayer concert at the Brisbane Riverstage last week. I have never seen so many black-clad metal heads in the Botanical Gardens in my life. I’ve also read Ros Gill’s paper with interest. One place where these issues are quite sharp is in the games industry. Students are flocking to Games degrees at present, but it is an industry where working conditions for the majority are notoriously poor, to the point where designers and programmers took up a class action against Electronic Arts in late 2004 (The ‘EA woidows’, or long-suffering firends and partners of EA employees).

http://archive.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-04/12-21-04/l02ca275.htm

Interestingly the industry sort of acknowledges the problems of a permanent ‘crunch time’ and the impact it has on people working in the industry.

http://www.igda.org/qol/

In terms of netwroking, from what others tell me about who enrols in the games degree, the ideal networking opportunity would have been the Slayer concert at the Brisbane Riverstage last week. I have never seen so many black-clad metal heads in the Botanical Gardens in my life.

]]> By: melgregg http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/04/26/networky/comment-page-1/#comment-53090 melgregg Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:11:45 +0000 http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/04/26/networky/#comment-53090 i thought of other words but then i thought it warranted intervention! i thought of other words but then i thought it warranted intervention!

]]> By: Catherine http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/04/26/networky/comment-page-1/#comment-53079 Catherine Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:32:40 +0000 http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/04/26/networky/#comment-53079 Oh my god, I made an intervention? Who knew? :D Oh my god, I made an intervention? Who knew? :D

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