Selective democratisation of the arts: who needs your book, song, painting
Feb
08
2021
"When Toni Morrison said ‘write the book you want to read,’ she didn’t mean everybody" (Fran Lebowitz).
I recently saw this st...
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Aug
31
2019
This post is about hacker activism, disruption and social iconography. Images used in this article are without permission, servi...
Read MoreMeme Me
Mar
09
2019
Ideas for the Internet culture wars. These came about as a result of seeing what people said in tweets or Facebook posts, and ar...
Read MoreRight Click, Refresh
Feb
01
2019
I once had an acquaintance who had a saying: “right click, refresh”. This was around 2003 or 2004, maybe even earlier. It was be...
Read MoreThe Twittersphere Highway
Dec
30
2018
I’ve seen friends having issues with Twitter conversations recently, experience the horror of public shaming, the ritual of puni...
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