Have you ever searched something up and the first webpage you get recommended is Wikipedia? As a student who has to write academic papers, Wikipedia is...
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finding stuff online (wikipedia is great but sucks)
I remember clearly how when I was in primary school, being about 9 years old, we needed to start writing ESSAYS on topics that interested us....
Continue reading...Google VS TikTok
This week’s prompt got me thinking about using other platforms and apps to find information. Reflecting on my own use of digital media as a search...
Continue reading...Log, Rate, Review, Letterboxd
I watch a lot of films, not only because I study film, but also because I love film. After watching a film I, and most people,...
Continue reading...Can We Trust Information in the Huge Digital World?
Nowadays, the most common medium to gather information is the digital world. Of course, there are many platforms and many ways to approach them, therefore it...
Continue reading...Not every answer is the right one
Not too long ago I was having a conversation with my parents and we talked about how I find it crazy that back then, you could...
Continue reading...In the third year of the 21st century
In the third year of the 21st century, my parents and I lived 960 kilometers away from our hometown. The first set of numbers I remember...
Continue reading...Where the internet is still free and wild
Oftentimes I hear people talk about how the internet is paved over and the companies turned it into a giant shopping mall. We go to Facebook...
Continue reading...The iPad Epidemic
When I think back to my earliest memories of digital technology, I picture my sister and I picking which movie to watch from our grandmother’s collection...
Continue reading...When I was a kid: My first encounters and misses with the computer
When I try to recall my earliest memories of digital technology, the image of my seven years emerged at first. At that time, computers were still...
Continue reading...A quick jump into my past!
When I was a child, technology wasn’t as widespread as it is now. I was born in 1998, and I was 4 years old when the...
Continue reading...The Anticipation Gap
My earliest memory of the digital space was really just a lot of anticipation. There was so much to look forward to, and so much of...
Continue reading...Growing Up With the Living Room TV
When I think about my earliest memory of digital technology, it’s not the smartphones or laptops came up to my mind. It’s the flat-screen television hanging...
Continue reading...Influencers as Performance Artists: From Abramović to IShowSpeed
When we think of performance art, most people imagine serious figures in galleries or museums, challenging audiences with difficult or provocative acts. We rarely think of...
Continue reading...Self Proclaimed ‘Gamer’
In 10th grade I started calling myself a ‘gamer.’ Without knowing me, it seems like a perfect label, and representative of many teenage kids, but on...
Continue reading...old computer wizard program
When I was younger my parents were very strict with screen time: for the longest time we were not allowed to play games or use the...
Continue reading...Digital FOMO
One of the earliest memories I have of digital media was when I got my first smartphone. I was around eleven years old and a lot...
Continue reading...The Nintendo DS made me
I remember getting my first Nintendo DS. It was on the island Terschelling. It was my 5th birthday and my parents got me a Nintendo DS...
Continue reading...The Light from the Screen
When I sort old photos, I always stop at one picture: my dad at a beige desktop, eyes on the screen; two-year-old me on the chair...
Continue reading...I was the kid who was scared of the Internet (a sadly very true story)
Or, How Youtube Traumatised Me Forever Growing up, my parents were very strict when it came to any form of digital technology. We didnt have a...
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