There is this aspect of endlessly staring at screens, despite exhaustion, teary eyes, and late-night fatigue. Whatever the content, it’s the light that keeps us captivated—like...
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Video Essay Coloring History: Is it the real past we are seeing?
Restoriation of historical photos and videos using AI This is Video Essay made by Olga and Yuan. We discussed the advantages and disadvantages of the restoration...
Continue reading...Do I really want to buy these jeans or did the girl on Pinterest just look very good in them?
Social media makes it hard to tell if we genuinely like something or if we’re just chasing the latest trend. Fast fashion thrives on this cycle, constantly pushing new styles that we feel pressured to buy. The result? A closet full of clothes we don’t truly connect with, all while contributing to overconsumption and environmental harm.
Continue reading...Online Offline Connecting Lost Stories
History on the internet often takes the form of just another plotline, some facts and events that we scroll through, enjoy, and quickly forget. Something completely...
Continue reading...Jodi.org and the Deconstruction of Games
The early internet pioneers of the 1960s and 1970s envisioned a democratic environment of commonly accessible creative tools, where communication channels would enable innovative approaches for...
Continue reading...A love letter to Letterboxd
This week, I explore a little further into an app I really have enjoyed using, namely Letterboxd, which is like Goodreads, but for films. You can track what you’ve watched, share reviews, and connect with others who love cinema. Started in 2011 by two New Zealanders, it’s grown into a massive community. Whether it’s logging a favorite film or reading others’ takes, Letterboxd makes discovering movies even more fun.
Continue reading...Response to Injustice: Digital “Activism” and the Need for Real-World Action
In recent years, the digital landscape has transformed the way we communicate, share information, and engage with social issues. One of the most significant changes from...
Continue reading...How did the ‘World Brain’ fail to help me?
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Kidfluencers: The New Generation of Child Stars
Kids are becoming social media stars, often without understanding the impact. Parents of “kidfluencers” profit from their children’s online presence, but unlike child actors, these kids lack protections. The result? A childhood turned into a performance, with lasting emotional and financial consequences.
Continue reading...Big Tech and The State
In the past weeks, the shock arrest of Pavel Durov, founder of the social media network Telegram has made global headlines and highlights yet another battle...
Continue reading...The TEMU Pandemic
TEMU promises billionaire-style shopping with ultra-low prices and endless products. But behind the flashy ads and gamified shopping lies a darker side – worker exploitation, data privacy concerns, and environmental harm. Is the deal too good to be true? Sometimes, less is truly more.
Continue reading...Will the Medium Lose the Message?
While exploring one of the many online services offering tools to uncover your roots, I found myself captivated by the AI modification of historical images. What...
Continue reading...The digital positives and negatives
There are many ways to engage with the digital world. For example it can be used to connect with people, to entertain yourself and others, to...
Continue reading...Who decides what our relationship with the digital will be?
In this blog, I share how the digital world plays a significant role in my daily life and how, for the most part, this connection has been beneficial to me. However, I also reflect on the delicate balance between healthy and unhealthy digital usage, exploring how it can sometimes lead to addiction and excessive behaviors. To shed light on this issue, I discuss a lawsuit that points to those who might be driving these troubling patterns.
Continue reading...Reviving Heritage: Colorized photos
Like many others, I find myself captivated by colorized historical photos and videos. They bring history closer, revealing details that black-and-white images obscure, making the past...
Continue reading...Meta’s Power on Our Feeds
When I Scroll, I Don’t Think A day in the digital, for most of us being a scroll through social media, looks quite different, even if...
Continue reading...Live-streaming Queens: the bizarre and lucrative world of China’s live-streaming influencers
Scrolling through my Instagram content the other morning I came across a video that caught my attention. Most of the algorithmic content that pops up on the...
Continue reading...Shared Nostalgia: How social media fuels our longing for the past
The phenomenon of nostalgia, and its status in the internet age has been a regular point of discussion and thought in many of my blog posts...
Continue reading...Black Box of Machine Learning
Machine learning is a great tool that we use on a daily basis. Even though the first example that would come to mind would be Chatgpt, machine...
Continue reading...Vintage.com: How the Internet digitised one of fashion’s most analogue traditions
Like most others with similar interests, second-hand clothing was my ticket into the fascinating world of fashion and clothes. I could pinpoint the places, the feel,...
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