Fresh and New

We've moved!

Fresh and New has moved over to a new service called Buttondown.

Mar 28, 2021 • 

Seb Chan

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 • 

Seb Chan

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 • 

Seb Chan

January 2021

58. Hello 2021

Hello 2021.

Jan 17, 2021 • 

Seb Chan

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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.

Dec 15, 2020 • 

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November 2020

56. On fictional virtual cities

Things are looking a little different today.

Nov 20, 2020 • 

Seb Chan

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October 2020

55. The work / longform / structure

725 to zero.

Oct 26, 2020 • 

Seb Chan

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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 • 

Seb Chan

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 • 

Seb Chan

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 • 

Seb Chan

50. Fifty fifty

Fifty. I didn’t expect to get to fifty of these little missives when I started writing them.

Aug 4, 2020 • 

Seb Chan