Technology
Digital Media As An Accelerator Of Perfectionism
Can you remember when you first heard of the concept, ‘mental health’? (I can’t.) I don’t remember being informed about mental health, its examples and potential...
Continue reading...Youtube censorship
In June 2019, YouTube temporarily suspended the account of the archive of Alkmaar. Their reason? The archive uploaded historical footage on their account, including a few...
Continue reading...Assistive Technologies on Smartphones
Video:Internet Freedom
I did not exactly feel like writing a blogpost so I made an informative yet dramatic video called “On Online Freedom”, enjoy!
Continue reading...Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out.
Pop a tab, slip under an MRI and what you would see might surprise you. Brain networks that normally handle vision, attention, movement and hearing communicate...
Continue reading...Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
reCAPTCHA: Google’s spy
Ancestors on trial: historical court records online
Did you ever wonder if one of your ancestors has been to court, or maybe even served time in prison? With the help of online databases,...
Continue reading...The environmental cost of the internet
Past weekend I had a discussion with my father about the climate march of the preceding Friday, I was talking about how the size of the...
Continue reading...Social Media and High (?) Fashion
It is needless to list the perks of digital media. We are living in a day and age where we have fast access to information, gadgets...
Continue reading...Automation and the FUTUUUUUURE
Rather than structure my blog entry as a fun yet academic article, I want to make this entry more of a story meets an infinite amount...
Continue reading...Orange
With this sudden appearance of cold and wet autumn weather, a natural occurrence comes back into our lives. I call this the ‘I’d-really-rather-not-go-outside-into-the-cold-and-the-rain’ phenomenon. A perfectly...
Continue reading...The Past Is Doomed to Recur…
During middle school, my history teacher used to say ‘The past is doomed to recur!’ all the time. Maybe that was only the case for Turkey...
Continue reading...My visit to Stroom Den Haag
DestinyTalks Episode 1: Let’s talk about Tinder.
Join Iman Hasan Slaka, Caressa Betist Thenu and Joseph Thabang Palframan in this podcast exploring the realm of tinder!
Continue reading...Digital Tools for Brewing Beer
The Alternative Algorithm and Alternative Realities
The term ‘algorithm’ to many humanities-oriented people may seem like an abstract concept. One might understand it as a theoretical construct, but not necessarily grasp its...
Continue reading...The Rebellious Chatbot
Dystopian future? Who owns digital media and what does this mean for how we engage with it?
More and more of the media we consume is digital, where in the past someone who loves books might have had shelves full of them, nowadays...
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