A – Once upon a time… Reddit Reddit is the archetype of what we today call a forum. It is the most used forum actually. The...
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[Video essay] Digital infrastructure of the web: a quick explanation of domains and DNS
This video was partially inspired by sachazd’s post about the fysical nature of the web. In this video I try to explain how your computer finds...
Continue reading...Why should you learn HTML and CSS in 2023?
So, lets say you want to build a website. Should you bother learning HTML and CSS in 2023? It is almost impossible to watch Youtube without...
Continue reading...Podcast: What Happens After pop Culture Enters the Realm of Films?
Welcome to my podcast! I discuss ‘an edit’ as a part of popular culture and explain how does it changes the way that people consume films...
Continue reading...Communities : a social tsunami, Gamestop.
What is the difference between 3000 persons and a group of 3000 persons ? Easy answer, 3000 persons is a mass but a group of 3000...
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If you had a phase-you-do-not-speak-of in your teenage years, you might have spent a lot of time discussing in communities online, maybe even doing role play...
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These last weeks, we talked a lot about the impact of the digital world on our consumption of information. However, we barely spoked about the way...
Continue reading...What does “the web” look like ? 3/3
A little bit of context : We all know the internet as an intangible entity, a digitized world on its own. However, the internet has a...
Continue reading...Digital Stress and Burnout: Recognizing and Coping with Information Overload
Has it ever happened to you that you spent too much time online, maybe kept scrolling on a social media app or watching meaningless videos, and...
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What does “the web” look like ? 1/3
A little bit of context : We all know the internet as an intangible entity, a digitized world on its own. However, the internet has a...
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A long time ago, one of my uni colleagues got into the habit of looking inside Microsoft Word files. Instead of opening the file by double-clicking...
Continue reading...Modern Artwork: Connecting Past and Present
Last Tuesday, I took advantage of a free afternoon to visit the De Lakenhal Museum in Leiden. Among the many fascinating works, one piece, in particular,...
Continue reading...Beyond the Blue Sky: the impact of Microsoft XP’s default background.
What is your digital first memory? For many, it’s hard to pin-point. But when it comes down to the first digital image I can distinctly recall,...
Continue reading...Homunculus Loxodontus: From Art to a Russian Meme
I first came across this odd-looking creature on the album cover of Sand by Balthazar. I did not think much of it apart from it possibly...
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Why we shouldn’t presume that the web is flat
Regulation of social media platform policy and monopolies
In this article, I explain why stricter and more proactive regulating of social media platforms such as the DSA and DMA are essential, and explain what aspects of this regulation are important.
Continue reading...“Inside” is a time period defining masterpiece
No one really likes to talk anymore about the time period where Bo Burnham’s “Inside” came out. It came out on May 30th 2021 and was...
Continue reading...What is cybersquatting?
The rise of the digital has brought us lots of weird terms, and cybersquatting is one of them. It is derived from the term “squatting” which...
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