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A love letter to Letterboxd
The beauty of the digital world is that you can find little niches and make them your safe space. For me, there are a number of...
Continue reading...The Psychology of Online Validation: Understanding the Impact of Likes and Comments
Is BeReal Actually Real? Exploring the Authenticity of the BeReal Movement
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...
Continue reading...What is real ?
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...
Continue reading...Behind the Curtain: Exploring the Creator’s Craft vs. Audience Impact
(Podcast) Our Modern Destruction or Development of Identity
Hi; hope that you’re doing well! Please find below my first Podcast Episode: Our Modern Destruction or Development of Identity Today I will be discussing and...
Continue reading...The Collective Memory of Now: How our Digital presence has shaped what, why and how we remember.
The cultural link made between individualism and memory has been a consistent factor in the history of human thought. Seventeenth-century philosopher John Locke even hypothesised that...
Continue reading...The disturbing rise of toxic male role models
In the last 20 or so years the internet and use of social media has made it possible for humanity to become ever more connected, the...
Continue reading...Connecting Through Pixels: A Pictochat Story
Having been born around the turn to the 21st century, I have grown accustomed to the omnipresence of technology in my upbringing. I can recall some...
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...Make Life Harder: How a Meme Page Became an Influential News Outlet
It is extremely interesting to see how communication evolves in the digital realm. One of the most fascinating examples for me is an Instagram profile, known...
Continue reading...The versatility of maps in the digital world
Sick anime opening makes my brain go brr – why?
There’s an anime opening animation that makes my brain go insane for some reason, and it turns out it’s because of all the pop culture references in it. somehow that relates to us living in a society.
Continue reading...Where did tumblr tumble down?
In my mid-teens, I started a tumblr. What is this weird spelling for a liquid-holding vessel you may ask? In internet lingo a “tumblr” refers to...
Continue reading...NFT’s and digital art
In our workgroup (Web Weavers) a few weeks ago we discussed NFT’s in response to Jacqueline’s blog post on Meta Birkins. It sparked discussion about why...
Continue reading...ASMR (video)
A year ago I had a discussion with a friend about ASMR. We had very different opinions: she is a fan, she listens to sleep ASMR...
Continue reading...My digital journey
Where did I come from and where will I go? It wasn’t until I went to high school that I got my first smartphone and I...
Continue reading...It’s just a game
Toxicity in multiplayer video games is something every multiplayer gamer has to deal with. Whether you play League of Legends, Minecraft bedwars, or Roblox, there is...
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