Now COVID has reduced us to disinfecting our spare change, is it the time to ditch cash? This started with myself and a few friends being...
Continue reading...Silicon Valley is our modern-day Library of Alexandria; let’s burn it to the ground!
Before I get on a watchlist, I want to clarify that in this blogpost I will not be talking about the physical Silicon Valley; just as...
Continue reading...The Digital Dilemma (Part 1)
In this three-part podcast Andrea Blattler, Fiona ‘t Hart and I discuss various benefits and drawbacks of digital platforms in relation to our own lives ,...
Continue reading...Instagram culture and Goffman’s concepts of front stage and backstage behavior
There were several ideas in this week’s reading about the applicability of Goffman’s works to online identities that really stuck with me. When reading the paper,...
Continue reading...The (In)Humanity of the Internet
With the amount of time people spend in front of screens, it is not unusual to see some changes within online communities. A somewhat recent change...
Continue reading...Procrastination as a business model
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The Dark Side of Instagram Filters
Probably all of us had a phase when constantly using Instagram filters. I passed through that phase some years ago when Snapchat came out with the...
Continue reading...Social media, netwerkmarketing and the gender specifics of Multi-Level Marketing
Multi-Level Marketing, or MLMs, are business enterprises in which participants seek not only to sell products to friends, family, and social media contacts, but also to...
Continue reading...I’m not a Kitchen Princess, but the Internet made it Bearable
I’ve come to terms with the fact that I am clumsy a very long time ago. I have to be very careful around knives, because the...
Continue reading...Move over Disney Channel, there’s a new player in town
A few summers ago, I was babysitting my little cousin. My aunt had told me that she could watch some TV in the afternoon, so when...
Continue reading...Help! I am getting fewer likes online: Instagram and algorithm
You have probably heard this before: social media uses algorithm to keep track of your behaviour and use this to predict what you would like to...
Continue reading...Digital Media and Performing Musicians
In this podcast, I interview René van Munster, a classical cellist and portfolio musician who performs with several ensembles in the Netherlands, such as Cello Octet...
Continue reading...Is the whole world spying on us?
Privacy is becoming a more pressing issue by the day. At the time of writing this, the whole world has its eyes on China and its...
Continue reading...The rise of tone indicators
History Tone indicators go way back, all the way to the late 16th century when a man named Henry Denham tried to introduce the percontation point....
Continue reading...The Rise of the Influencer and its Implications on Social Media
I think my first memory of using a social media platform was probably MySpace. In all honesty, I only had one friend — two, if you...
Continue reading...When your vacuum cleaner cries for help
The internet of things The ‘internet of things’ is a collective noun for devices connected to the internet, so called ‘smart devices’. What makes a device...
Continue reading...Online Escapism: Gypsy Rose Blanchard
Why do we participate in online escapism? Many people who are facing the pressures of their daily lives or are residing in toxic environments will often...
Continue reading...Comparing the Instagram pages of Dutch music labels
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How Do Photographs Alter Our Childhood Memories?
Before the current age of advanced technology, many people remember the past through observing photographs of their youth. Birthday parties, Halloween nights, family gatherings, and more....
Continue reading...Online payment or cash payment? The pros and cons of both payment methods
Almost everything is digital these days, online shopping, online dating, online banking you name it. Even grocery shopping can be done online now since the Corona...
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