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,...
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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...
Continue reading...Alone but Together: A Modern Paradox – Is the Internet Making Us Lonely?
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Why we shouldn’t presume that the web is flat
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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...
Continue reading...Tumblr “Resurgence”
Almost all of us are aware of the current situation of Twitter. However, if you somehow have not heard of it, I’ll give you some context....
Continue reading...Unnamed Podcast Episode 6: Twitter’s drama and the concept of Mega-Apps
Hello and welcome to the sixth podcast episode made by Ceiba Dick-Read, Max Alexandre and Gijs Mesman. In this episode, Max is fortunately back! He is...
Continue reading...Death Stranding: Why We Connect?
Death Stranding is an open-world walking simulator with action elements, released in November 2019 by the Kojima Productions of the legendary game producer Hideo Kojima. The...
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My phone got stolen
Did it ever happen to you that your phone got stolen? Well, it happened to me recently, on the 14th of October, on a Friday to...
Continue reading...“Toad Worship” – Young Chinese people try to deconstruct authority
The term “Toad worship” refers to the “worship” of Jiang Zemin, China’s top leader from 1989-2002. “Toad” is the nickname given to Jiang by Chinese netizens...
Continue reading...Is it really worth it? – What do the influencers on social media tell you about a beauty product.
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Living the most undignified life in a high-tech world
The “low-life” in cyberpunk not merely means material hardship, but more of a spiritual bullying: contempt for human self-esteem. According to Wikipedia, low-life people are those...
Continue reading...How modern media can change your reality
Have you ever been scrolling through YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, Twitter or any other kind of media platform and thought to yourself: “How did I end up...
Continue reading...The Ruling of Social Media Censorship
Social media is ever-present in our lives, we interact with others and perhaps also encounter posts that go against our own views. At least, that is...
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