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in the last decade, technology has transformed from a tool that we use to a place where we live. If we’re setting out to change the character of technology in our lives, we’d be wise to learn from the character of places.

Frank Chimero • Frank Chimero · the Good Room

My Internet: Kaitlyn Tiffany

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Among the Reality Entrepreneurs

James Duesterberg thepointmag.com

I closed my laptop and felt the internet burble through the lid, felt it flow into my fingers and hectic wrists. The next day, I decided abruptly, I would spend the whole day out, just my internetless burner phone in my pocket. I would let the city fill my head, and I would be a person on the earth instead of on the internet. I loved the internet,

Elizabeth McCracken • The Hero of This Book

Every new advent of the web is baffling at first. Each comes with its own set of skeuomorphs, utopian aspirations, doubts, and healthy doses of skepticism.

Eileen Isagon Skyers • Dirt: Are we post-platform?

As more and more identity formation happens online, it’s is inevitable that most of it happens in private spaces. As we spend more and more time living in these spaces, it’s inevitable that their intentional shaping should become more important to us. As more and more internet-first communities choose to build the means for themselves to live, it i... See more

Subpixel Space • Come for the Network, Pay for the Tool

navigating their own temporal topographies, rushing to meet some unseen demand.

Jenny Odell • Saving Time

Though she knew she was partially responsible for her recommendations, the algorithmic acceleration of content online outpaced her everyday experiences to an absurd degree. “Not every interaction I have in real life would shape my choices. Why should my tiniest interaction with an influencer wearing leg warmers? They fed it to me,” she said. There

Kyle Chayka • Filterworld

If our primary urge when we go online is to avoid remaining static, why should our content be siloed within the enclosed walls of a proprietary platform?