Jan 2013

The Victorian Internet

tomstandage.wordpress.com

This book – “The Victorian Internet” by Tom Standage – sounds like a great read:
This is the story of the oddballs, eccentrics and visionaries who were the earliest pioneers of the on-line frontier, and the global network they constructed — a network that was, in effect, the Victorian Internet.
2013

Diagnosing the IRL Fetish

thesocietypages.org

I do not think the physical is inherently more real than the digital. I do, however, think that the affordances of digital technologies enable abundant production, and in doing so can water-down the meaning of an object and/or […]
2013

The Onion: Internet Users Demand Less Interactivity

theonion.com

Given The Onion is a satirical magazine, this article is so spot-on it could – from my own conversations with “users” – just as well be about factual research:
Tired of being bombarded with constant requests to share content on […]
2013