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Mar 28, 2021
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60. Opening new things, contestable curation, curated lists
It’s alive! I’m conscious that the last time I wrote to you was a month ago! But its been busy.
Mar 2, 2021
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February 2021
59. Sounds, friction, time
Thanks to Dan Cohen’s tweet going viral after the last episode I need to welcome a lot of new readers! So “hi!” (and thanks Dan!)
Feb 2, 2021
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January 2021
58. Hello 2021
Hello 2021. Feels just like 2020 with a tiny bit less dread, right? Or maybe just a different kind of dread. I started writing this one several times…
Jan 17, 2021
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December 2020
57. Looking backwards to go forwards, words from talks
I’ve been doing a bunch of talks recently and several folks asked me to write them up rather than let them stay ephemeral moments. This shift to the…
Dec 15, 2020
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November 2020
56. On fictional virtual cities
Things are looking a little different today. Like everyone I know, we anxiously awaited the US election results, constantly refreshing web pages with…
Nov 20, 2020
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October 2020
55. The work / longform / structure
725 to zero. It’s been a remarkable turnaround in Melbourne. The lockdown has been hard and relentless but tonight there is much celebration. Even our…
Oct 26, 2020
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54. On online communities, conferences, connections
There’s a hot wind blowing through Melbourne and for the past two nights the tall eucalyptus tree outside the bedroom window has been rattling the…
Oct 11, 2020
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54. On online communities, conferences, connections
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September 2020
53. Buckets of data
The recently released new Google Arts & Culture experiment, Gael Hughes’ An Ocean of Books, is a cute but telling example of the challenges of large…
Sep 19, 2020
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52. Lost memories
The Whitney’s recent exhibition cancellation controversy is yet another reminder that an art museum is not the same as a social history museum. Power…
Sep 2, 2020
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August 2020
51. Epistolary transformations
August is a cold month in Melbourne. Our rental is particularly poorly designed with only low efficiency airconditioning that pretends to be heating. No…
Aug 18, 2020
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50. Fifty fifty
Fifty. I didn’t expect to get to fifty of these little missives when I started writing them. When I started this writing there was no real goal in mind…
Aug 4, 2020
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