Digital – Kester Brewin

Before Post-Truth, There Was Post-Production

Jan 12, 2017

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What can we possibly trust in an online world with near-perfect CGI? When a 21 year old Carrie Fisher turns round at the end of a film made when she was in her 60s and talks about hope, and an aging Trump turns and arches his back on a hotel bed in St Petersburg, what…

A Core Suite of Tools – Is Tech Plateauing?

Jan 29, 2014

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A piece in today’s Independent got me thinking today about the core suite of tools that we might deem are irreducible. The article argues that Apple needs to do again what it did with the iPod, iPhone etc. and create a device that fills a desire we didn’t know we had. I need to think…

On Being Insufferable On Facebook

Oct 17, 2013

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A couple of days ago ‘Wait But Why’ published a piece on the Huff Post entitled ‘7 Ways to be Insufferable on Facebook.’ You should go read the piece for yourself, but in précis, the 7 ways were: 1. Bragging (including Humble Brags) – ‘Guess Who Got into Med School!’ 2. Posting Cryptic Cliffhangers…

On Tools, And Desires | It’s Never the Knife That Stabs

Aug 29, 2013

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in Technology

Lots of news channels yesterday discussed research that has been done that suggests that greater amounts of screen-time correlates with increased potential for depression and anxiety in children. The Indie reported: The report found that excessive “screen time” – more than four hours a day – was linked to anxiety and depression and was responsible…

Reducing Things to 3 Dimensions: The Problem of Pleasure in a Digital Age

Nov 14, 2011

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in Blogs | Social Networks | New Media, Philosophy, Technology

Something Pete Rollins tweeted this morning got me thinking a bit: “Often the problem we face is not a lack of enjoyment, but an inability to enjoy our enjoyment.” I think this is a particular concern in a world where so much of our lives is now mediated. Rather than attend a party, we attend…

Apple 9 this Weds | The Price We Pay for Technology is Alienation

Nov 15, 2010

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in Apple, Blogs | Social Networks | New Media, Emerging Church, Philosophy, Technology

Apple – the series of talks trying to think more deeply about technology – is back this Weds with the 9th event (7:30pm, The Betsey Trotwood, 56 Farringdon Road). The title is ‘Digital Obesity’ and will be a panel discussion with Simon Jenkins of ShipOfFools, Gavin O’Carrol from the Digital Health Service and Vaux’s own…

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