It’s December, Sinterklaas has long since arrived back in Spain, the temperatures outside are dipping into the negatives, and everywhere you look you see fairy lights...
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Digital Detoxes, Screentime, and Living 10 Years in the Past
In this video, I chat about how the differences in my enivornment have affected my screentime, particularly between my family home in Latvia and my life...
Continue reading...Instagram ads gone too far (video)
I’ve made a short videos about the problems of instagram advertisements and paid sponsorship of cosmetic procedures and plastic surgeries. Enjoy! Sources https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-59406842 https://brogan.com/blog/cosmetic-surgery-advertising-changing-face-medical-marketing/ https://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/instagram-being-flooded-by-fake-cosmetic-surgery-posts-that-can-be-deadly-3990893.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-instagram-plastic-surgery-study-0830-biz-20170829-story.html...
Continue reading...The reason why my attention span became shorter than a duck
Over the recent years, I’ve noticed that I’m having more and more trouble focusing on any task for more than five minutes. Even while writing this...
Continue reading...One touch on the screen and you can get anything you want!
During my recent conversation with my friends the topic of touch screen kiosks came up. I asked them whether they preferred ordering food in person or...
Continue reading...Let’s Chat a Bit: Our second episode is now on air!
At the beginning of October, Kyra and I created and published the first episode of our short podcast series “Let’s Chat a Bit”. During the first...
Continue reading...Hi, nice to meet you! What is your MBTI? :)
When I was in 10th grade right before we started the International Baccalaureate (IB) program where we needed to choose subjects ourselves, we had something called...
Continue reading...The Uncensored Library
In this video, I shortly describe the Hidden/Uncensored Library in Minecraft, which purpose is to share the news and information in countries with censorship. I found...
Continue reading...AI Art and thispersondoesnotexist
A conversation with Alessia (a.zanon) and Anna (anna.barbara) In this video we discuss Ai generated photographs, images and art, in particular the website called thispersondoesnotexist. We...
Continue reading...A Gazillion Blasts from the Past
After a month-long break from quasi-social engagements on Instagram (read: mindless scrolling), I re-downloaded the app today. The reason for that was that a friend showed...
Continue reading...Our Future: Fully Autonomous Vehicles in 5 Years?
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Terravision VS Google Earth
Enjoy this video I made about the German Netflix series ‘The Billion Dollar Code’. Feel free to leave a comment and tips for further videos. 🙂...
Continue reading...Has live streaming gone too far?
I was today years old when I found out that there was a 24/7 livestream going on of famous pop-art artist Andy Warhol’s gravestone. Now you...
Continue reading...Finding our past selves online
The other night, one of my friends was over to hang out and cut my hair. As we were chatting about haircuts and colors, we inevitably...
Continue reading...AI Finished Beethoven’s Symphony X
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Social Media and Music
A podcast with anna.barbara References: “Break It Off”, song by PinkPantheress (start and end of podcast); used for educational and analytical purposes. “Pinkpantheress: The Voice of...
Continue reading...Unsee Us: A Matter of Urgency
I was planning on writing about cookies, not biscuit but HTTP cookies. However, due to the current events going on at Leiden University, I decided to...
Continue reading...Healthcare in the metaverse?
Okay, the metaverse. I know we’ve all been bombarded with news about good ol’ Zuck’s latest Keynote and the impact it will have on our future...
Continue reading...The Furry Community: One of The Most Misrepresented and Misunderstood Online Communities
Last week, in my blog about VRChat, I wrote towards the end that I am a furry. To some people, that term might not ring a...
Continue reading...Taxing the Tech Giants: What Can We Do?
The influence that the tech giants have over our lives is evident; yet, their shady dealings are a lesser-known side of these modern monoliths Something we...
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