I've written before that since its very birth, the internet has advanced through "a pattern of motivated individuals and mobilised communities." The benevolent dictators who created the first technical protocols had their work underwritten by the crowds who organised themselves...
I ride a bike in Auckland. I have an obvious interest in the drivers with whom I share the roads taking care and being aware of my presence. My life depends on it. But I cannot find it in me...
When the clip for Lana Del Rey's 'Video Games' arrived quietly on the internet, it seemed too good to be true. Its gorgeous, pouting composer seemed to have come from nowhere; her grainy montage of filmic images seemed to summon...
The New York Times' front-page story, In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad, is important not just because it has raised the issue of the labour practices behind Apple's products, but because it goes some way towards explaining...
On YouTub, Soundcloud and BitTorrent. Appears to be what it says on the label. Feel free to analyse, transcribe, clean up, ignore, whatever. ¶
Update 3: Now that I'm back in the house, I've restored the link to the recording on...