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I’m sitting on my parents’ old couch at a family celebration. It’s a very funny, relaxed atmosphere when my mother gets up and announces promisingly that...
Continue reading...How Information Now Changes My Digital Practice
I remember when I was in elementary school, the teacher would always say ‘Just ask Google if you don’t know something.’ I tried entering a keyword...
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Digitization and Retribalization
When thinking of a topic to write about this week on digital media, my mind wandered immediately back to a book I read some time ago,...
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After I just finished reading some mandatory literature in the university library, I walked down to the cafeteria to eat my lunch. As I start eating...
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On our Christmas holiday we went to California with the whole family. My brother who is three years older than me saved up a lot of...
Continue reading...First Digital Memory: Online Chess
It’s funny how certain childhood memories stick with us, like vivid snapshots from a time when everything seemed bigger, slower, and full of mystery. One of...
Continue reading...The Chess-boom of 2021
This isn’t just a story about a boring old board game. This is a story about how a worldwide pandemic, a hit Netflix series, a scandal...
Continue reading...A digital journey to ‘Empresses in the Palace’
“Empresses in the Palace” (Chinese: Zhen Huan Zhuan) is a Chinese historical drama series adapted from the novel of the same name by the author Liu...
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The first thing most of us do right after waking up in the morning is to check our phone. Even if you don’t spend much time...
Continue reading...A Day in The Digital: To Watch or Not To Watch
Have you ever spent an absurd amount of time scrolling through Netflix or other streaming services looking for the perfect series or film to accompany your...
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Reclaiming Presence: The Power of Disconnecting
In an era dominated by digital media and technology, our lives are becoming increasingly intertwined with screens. It’s nearly impossible to escape their pervasive presence. Even...
Continue reading...How YouTube brought me here
My first YouTube experience At the time of YouTube’s launch, I was four years of age. Though I most certainly did not use it at that...
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On the 3rd of September, I was able for the very first time to attend the live show of Cornelius in Paradiso Amsterdam. Since I had...
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Recently, I edited my CV since I was applying for a student part-time job. When I looked at the final copy it made me realise that...
Continue reading...The digital positives and negatives
There are many ways to engage with the digital world. For example it can be used to connect with people, to entertain yourself and others, to...
Continue reading...NFTs, Fad or Future?
In 2021, digital artist Beeple sold an NFT — Everydays: The First 5000 Days — for almost $70 million at Christie’s, marking a turning point in...
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Picture this: you’re scrolling through your TikTok feed when you stumble across a video about a new game coming out. You watch the video all the...
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