https://www.main-vision.com/tags/ubiquity/ Recent content in Ubiquity on Richard's Static Blog Hugo en-gb Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:35:23 +0000 https://www.main-vision.com/posts/2026/07/on-online-and-offline-culture/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:35:23 +0000 https://www.main-vision.com/posts/2026/07/on-online-and-offline-culture/ <p>The Guardian has an article about <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/19/going-offline-is-fun-living-offline-was-not-just-ask-a-child-of-the-90s">Going Offline is Fun</a>. It&rsquo;s about how &ldquo;young&rdquo; people are trying to disconnect from mobile phones and other technology. There was another article about how 61 million CDs have been sold as people buy physical media rather than digital copies.</p> <p>When the web and social networks were young and built around communities rather than the cult of personality (aka Influencers) it was rewarding because the more time you invested in a community, the more you became a part of it. It was also a time when no one was online, so you had to spread the net very wide, globally, to find like-minded people.</p>