dreaming of a better internet
sari and
dreaming of a better internet
a beautiful passage from sublime’s innaugural zine on why language matters, in the context of building a different web.
I’d like to imagine a space where time is treated like we are gardens rather than machines - where time is attuned to our individual needs and given consistently, given softly, given with care.
Annika Hansteen-Izora • Time is Water
As late as 2011, journalists and technologists were praising social media’s emancipatory power in light of the role of Facebook and Twitter in the Arab Spring revolts. But, as has been noted many times, after the U.S. presidential election in 2016, such optimism increasingly appeared naïve and misguided. Now Facebook and Twitter are seen as... See more
L. M. Sacasas • The Analog City and the Digital City
fuel to the fire
An Albert Einstein quote: “Somebody who only reads newspapers and at best books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely near-sighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is dependent on the prejudices and fashions of his times since he never gets to see or hear anything else.”
Even though on the Internet,... See more
the domino meme (courtesy of visakan, i’m pretty sure)
Here's some words attempting to describe and mark out the Little Printer, er, vibe:
• intimate
• cosy
• personal
• small
• friendly
• furniture
• art
• ornament
• personality
• homely
• family
• friends
Dan Hon • S16e08: Free-Range, Organic, and Natural; The Original Promise
If you’re posting on social media or any platform with an algorithm, the real question is: do you work for the algorithm or are you committed to working for the people who want to go where you hope to take them?
Seth Godin • Feeding the algorithm
digital mindfulness exercise
listen to the way you feel in your body while using the internet.
how each website either makes you expand or contract.