King’s Quest I: Quest for the Crown was an adventure game first published in 1984 by Sierra Online, designed by Roberta Williams, a pioneer in the...
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The more I interact with people, mostly younger than me, the more I keep asking myself: Do I really fit into this digital world? I’m quite sure...
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I thinks it’s scary and also strange seeing your phone knowing you better than you do. Lately, I started to feel like TikTok reads my mind...
Continue reading...Digital Activism: TikTok As A Tool For Justice
Restoring my Relationship with The Internet (part 3) This week I took one of the biggest steps toward reconnecting with the digital world: I downloaded TikTok...
Continue reading...FOMO: the scariest Halloween costume
Lately I feel like FOMO, fear of missing out, has started to take over. The need to be constantly active, going everywhere, seeing everyone… it has...
Continue reading...Where I Go When I Need to Get Creative
When I was a child, I wanted to be a musician, an astronaut, or maybe even both at the same time. I thought about doing all...
Continue reading...Technology in education: there’s a lot to unpack
Last week was midterm week at Leiden Univeristy, and I, like many other students, had a week full of exams and stress. Talking with my friends,...
Continue reading...Searching for a Job in the Sea of 1s & 0s
Let’s face it, most of us need to find a job after university. This is my last semester, and after it, I’ll have a degree in...
Continue reading...The Performance of Identity on Social Media
When I was about 16, I deleted my Instagram account and made a new one. My posts over the previous four years didn’t reflect the person...
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Escaping into Music — and Finding Myself Again
I always listen to music whenever I am, when I am taking a bath, walking, before and after the classes, or before going to bed. The...
Continue reading...We Were Real Behind the Screen
I started using the Internet very early. But it wasn’t until I was around nine that I really began meeting people online. At school, I was...
Continue reading...If Only Work Experience Included The Roles We Play Online
There are so many different roles a person can fill online. You can be a teacher, a customer, a friend and an enemy. Since the online...
Continue reading...How do we change when we enter the digital space?
Every time a person wants to enter a social media app, actually to be able to enter most of the apps, you have to make an...
Continue reading...Am I Part of the Crowd?-A Reflection on my roles across platforms
“As soon as a man enters a crowd, his IQ drops significantly. In order to gain recognition, the individual is willing to abandon right and wrong...
Continue reading...Judith Butler did it first 🥀🥀🥀
It’s 2025 and hardly anyone keeps the (online) world in such suspense then the so called “performative male” : little internet phenomena have spilled over into...
Continue reading...The Snapchat Bitmoji
Sometimes, when I want to share some photos or videos with my friends, I go on Snapchat. It’s an app build around the fact that you...
Continue reading...The Persona in Digital Age
The persona, as described by Carl Jung, is the version of the self that we choose to show to the world. In digital media, the personas...
Continue reading...How My Travel Vlog Changed the Way I See Things
When I think about this, I stop for a second. The word “role” seems easy, but it seems hard on the internet. What does it really...
Continue reading...That guy was techonological red flag.
I had trouble finding a topic for this blog. But then I thought about this weekend I was at a guy’s house. In his room he...
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