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The Modern phonebook

Aug 19, 2007

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in facebook, observation, Post-university life, tech related, university

Reading Time: 3 minutesRecently I have been trying to categorise websites and how they are used into single words. To this end I have recently started to view facebook as a self actualising phonebook. There are a number of factors which help to contribute to this feeling. One of these is the ability for me…

Ijustine and the Fake Steve Jobs

Aug 18, 2007

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in fun, observation, tech related, twitter

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe fake Steve Jobs linked to this video before writing a short commentary. Â “Phone Bill Girl and one of her fellow Ph.D. candidates are discussing the work of Roland Barthes and narrative theory in the context of Derrida and Chomsky, with a deftly handled digression into the recurring sexism of Norman Mailer’s…

McLuhan’s Thoughts And How They May Relate To Twitter

Aug 15, 2007

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in observation, Post-university life, tech related, twitter, university

Reading Time: 4 minutes”The simultaneity of electric communication, also characteristic of our nervous system, makes each of us present and accessible to every other person in the world. To a large degree, our co-presence everywhere at once in the electric age is a fact of passive, rather than active, experience. Actively we are more likely…

David Pogue’s Style

Aug 3, 2007

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richard

in editing, observation, tech related

Reading Time: 2 minutesToo many video podcasts are badly produced and that is why David Pogue’s most recent episode was enjoyable to watch. He has a distinctive style. Whilst most video podcasters are content simply using a fixed camera at a desk he takes the time to create entertaining demonstrations of how the tech he…

Monday Night Picadilly Line People

Jul 31, 2007

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richard

in fun, observation

Reading Time: 2 minutesLast night’s fourty minute trip meant I got to see a lot of faces as I headed from one side to another. Some of these people would be forgotten within a few seconds whilst others would be remembered slightly longer. One girl had a disarming stare, as I headed to my first…

La fête des collabos

Jul 27, 2006

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richard

in amp, observation

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere are some images from the party. I’m still in the process of uploading the images but the pages can be found at this location

Category: observation

The Modern phonebook

Ijustine and the Fake Steve Jobs

McLuhan’s Thoughts And How They May Relate To Twitter

David Pogue’s Style

Monday Night Picadilly Line People

La fête des collabos