Introducing: Small Talk
I’ve been fascinated with how the Internet can be used to form beautiful ephemeral moments of connection with the most unexpected kinds of people. This doc outlines an inquiry into how we create the conditions for those moments, how to cultivate and sustainably grow the intimate tiny internets we explore that protect us from the wide, scary,... See more
Spencer Chang • tiny internets: sidewalks, geocaching, and more · tiny internets
But going viral sounds awful. Give me living rooms, tiny venues, a zoom room with 12 people searching for something.
Yancey Strickler • Formulary for New Media
My impulse is to say I don’t mind whether my ideas are original, but that’s not exactly true. I don’t want my writing to feel redundant or derivative of popular ideas that have been circulating forever, but to me that’s less about having wholly original thoughts and more about being in conversation with the world around me. Taken too literally,... See more