If The Internet Was A Place
if the internet was a physical place, what would we want it to feel like? look like? be like?
sari and
If The Internet Was A Place
Imagine if instead of approaching our computer as a cold, mechanical piece of metal and glass that receives inputs and delivers outputs, we saw it as a relationship with the emergent, ineffable internet mystic that we’re collectively creating.
How might we approach that device differently?
How might we approach that device differently?
Dan Hunt • Internet as Practice
what if public libraries were open late every night and we could engage in public life there instead of having to choose between drinking at the bar and domestic isolation
erin glasstwitter.com
I was walking the dog this morning and I was reflecting on how the things we build on the digital world seem to mirror what we build on the physical one. Big social media platforms are the metropolis: dense, busy, chaotic. They’re the place that never sleeps and there’s always something new going on. Something new to see, something new to do.... See more
Manu – I write
i wish earth was more like a library. ppl speaking in soft voices on the streets everything shared and borrowed.
Becca Btwitter.comThe role of a successful place is to provide a catalytic context for missions.
Venkatesh Rao • Placemaking vs. Mission-Shaping - By Venkatesh Rao
The site is also like a home in that it’s a collection of many things which are unified only by the person who collected them. I feel as if someone is giving me a tour of their apartment: I’m looking at the papers on his desk, the notes stuck to his fridge, an album of butterfly photos taken by his brother, and so on. Sure, he probably tidied up... See more
My website as a home
If you watch television for 8 hours in a row, you might feel that you watched too much television. You would have a feeling that you wanted to get up and go do something else. Smart-phones specifically, unlike any other previous screen, are located on the body and taken everywhere. Without a conscious disconnnection practice, there is no getting up
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