I am Alejandro Giacometti, a Humanities Computing Graduate Student at the University of Alberta.
I am currently working on experimental interfaces. I am part of a great team of researchers that care about improving the technology and creating new tools for the humanities.
I am also interested in the role of semantics in information sharing and visualization, and the using the web as an application platform to build environments that enhance communication, foster institutional transparency, and enable the free flow of information.
As you would probably realize by looking at any random post, I am a politics junkie. Not only that, but i expect everybody around me to be one too. Which is not always good. When my friends are tired of listening to me talk about the news all day, I will post them here.
Pictures
I am in love with film cameras from the 60’s and 70’s, and lo-fi photography. I randomly post some of my pictures to flickr. You can check out some of the good ones.
I currently use:
- Mamiya 1000tl SLR (m42 pentax screw mount)
- Pentax ES (m42)
- Mamiya c220 TLR
- Canonet QL17 GIII rangefinder
- Yashica Electro GSN
- Holga
- Nikon n75 (when I need to get back to the future)
I also use a bunch of lenses, but I will not bore you with that.