In an age where most things are attainable with the click of a button, how exactly are we to manage these impulse based decisions and instant gratification interactions that are so effortlessly facilitated by digital technologies?

Kate Wagner’s "404 Page Not Found" describes Web 1.0’s death and the emergence of a new internet dubbed Web 2.0. This web describes a “participatory and interactive” design “where users became active consumers, creators, and participants of a service in which they had very little, if any, agency” (Wagner)....

c-APP-italism

February 20, 2021

Theresa Sauter’s article "What's on Your Mind?: Writing on Facebook as a Tool for Self Formation" forced me to understand that self-writing – what I think to be a meditative, exploratory, and ‘unplugged’ practice of mine – is inextricably connected to technology and social media. Where historically self-writing and journaling were part of the private place, these practices have evolved into the public digitized space...

I Couldn't Help But Wonder:

Self Formation in the Digital World

March 20, 2021

Infiltrating and Decolonizing Virtual Worlds

April 3, 2021

Video games and virtual worlds have always been a pretty foreign concept to me. Unfortunately, and maybe unsurprisingly, I was never introduced to gaming in a positive way and was never encouraged to take a shot at it.

And with time, the stereotypes and preconceived notions start to pile up – especially when mothers on Facebook consistently rage about how video games are… the devils work...