Ok…so apparently Facebook changed the look of their avatars to match the Quest VR versions? And they clearly did this without anyone who works anywhere at Meta bothering to consult an actual cartoon, comic book, or caricature artist, or even just google “uncanny valley”? Because what the fuck is this?!?!? Seriously WHAT… THE… ACTUAL… FUCK……
I don’t think to post to my own blog that much lately. Actually, I do THINK about it, but I don’t get around to it as much. Mostly because any time I have a long form thinky pseudo academic thing to say, it ends up going into a VoxPopcast post/epsiode (so make sure you go…
Make no mistake, we live in the future. A lot of times I like living in the future. I have a giant flat TV with 3D projection software hanging on my wall that can pull up a million different movies at my instant command and I can control it with my watch. I own several computers…
So I’ve mentioned before that I’m taking a class on the meaning of literacy, writing and publishing in a digital world (conveniently called “Digital Writing” because why not?). We were discussing a few articles in class this week that basically ask the question, why don’t writers (and for the sake of this conversation, we’ll define writers as…
So I’ve been taking this class called Digital Media for my English PhD. It’s about… well, digital media… because you know, we’re like the masters of the English language and that’s what we came up with. Anyway, we’ve been talking a bunch about collaborative projects and such and we’re discussing Wikipedia this week. While reading…
You know, it’s funny… I am all for using controversy to drum up press. If you want to be evocative in order to generate buzz and maybe get your product some free advertising, then sure… more power to you. It takes about two seconds of knowing me or reading anything I write to see that…
You know, usually I don’t reshare stupid little internet memes, but this explains the final play better than anything I could possibly come up with on my own… https://twitter.com/umangdua/status/562088544697843713
A funny thing happened to me the other day. I stopped by Phantom of the Attic, my local comic book store, on my way to campus (as I do every Wednesday). After getting my comics, I went across the street and got Subway for lunch and then I walked back to my car so i could go…
So my house has a home security system installed. We also have infrared security cameras that point at our yard. I was outside a moment ago having a cigarette on my porch and a little boy, maybe seven, who lives in the neighborhood asked me about them. Boy: Hey mister, what is that camera for?…
Ok, let’s say you’re a guy who’s spent most of your adult life carving out a career for yourself as a user experience designer and information specialist. You build a nice little life designing enterprise software solutions and websites for Fortune 500 companies. You’re not rich, but you’re comfortably entrenched in the middle class with a respectable disposable…
Dear Caucasian Friends, Have you ever said to yourself “hey, if only there were a map that I could load onto my phone that told me where all the negroes were so that I could walk the streets without ever accidentally running into one. I would feel so much safer!” Well, THESE PEOPLE have you covered.…
So the Guardian scored an interview with Edward Snowden this week and as expected he said a lot of stuff about his claims of the illicit behind the scenes activaty of the NSA. Of course, this is the internet, so everyone ignored all the black ops espionage stuff, his talking about the poor encryption that corporations use, his description…
12-5-08 (Photo credit: chrismaverick) So people (and by people, I mean geeks… not real people) talk a lot about the dangers of Facebook storing all of your content. There’s the obvious privacy issue. But that never meant much to me. I’ve been blogging in some form or another for a decade now. And…
modern tech problems: I shut down my imac so rarely that when I just now did it, it took me 5 min to remember where the power button was.
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