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the problem of physical reality in the age of the iphone

May 4th, 2010 · No Comments

the divide between physical reality and the “second,” virtual reality of cyberspace has been overexposed and polarized, constantly imagining the 21st century citizen at first one end of the spectrum and then dramatically shifted to the other. but this is hardly the  case in practical experience, by which i mean the experience of that same [...]

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Tags: Culture · Internet · art · brown university · culture studies · data culture · ideas · technology

a media humanist’s manifesto

February 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments

we are tired of division: media, culture, society, law, meaning, humanity, and so on. these are interconnected terms, defined by one another. they must be re-united.
explication has been held prisoner by written language for too long. as if we only understand words. as if true meaning were only possible to produce there. we do not [...]

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Tags: Culture · Internet · adventure · brown university · culture studies · free culture · ideas · media humanism · news media · programming · providence · rhode island · semiotics · technology

non-profit newspapers?

March 24th, 2009 · No Comments

the non-profit newspaper idea appears to be getting some traction. from early op-eds in the new york times kicking the idea around, to senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) introducing a bill to establish a non-profit status for newspapers, it appears that some people have begun to actually try to solve the problem, not just analyze it.
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Tags: media · news media · technology

the revolution will not be televised

July 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

hilarious ne revolution team photo i got from the ‘fan download’ section so i think its fair use. 
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it was a game i could’ve gone to. a game i wanted to go to. but fate had other plans, and so i peered through the snow and color distortion on the spanish [...]

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Tags: Sports · soccer