Category Archives: Internet Philosophy

This section contains posts that chart or comment upon the Internet as a medium. How does it affect our lives, our societies, our cultures and our politics? What are the trends that shape the technology? What are the fundamental differences between The Net and other means of communication.

Tropes

Posted on 31 July 2010 by Robert

The latest YouTube craze is to take a common film or TV cliché or plot device and splice them together.  Its a diverting way to highlight the many recurring scenes that we see in our media, the audio-visual grammar of … Continue reading →

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This Is The Digital Election We Have Been Waiting For

Posted on 14 June 2010 by Robert

Last week, Anthony Painter launched a Digital Election Analysis he wrote for Orange. A key conclusion was the that the eager awaited ‘Digital Election’ we had all been expecting (after the fantastic Obama ’08 campaign) simply failed to materialise, and … Continue reading →

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Digital Elections, Digital Government

Posted on 9 June 2010 by Robert

A key, yet slightly depressing, conclusion was that funding matters Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Internet Philosophy, Media, New Labour, UK | 3 Comments

Harper Lee on the Modern World

Posted on 1 June 2010 by Robert

I am tired of this lazy shortcut, which equates using technology with stupidity of having an ‘empty mind’. What do Lee and the other smug detractors of the Internet think we are doing with all this technology? We are consuming ideas. We are thinking, collectively more deeper and with more eclecticism than ever before. Continue reading →

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Ebenezer and The Case of the Election Night Tweeter

Posted on 7 May 2010 by Robert

Its is not often that you see one of the country’s top opinion-formers picking his nose. As I rounded the corner opposite the pub, I was greeted by the sight of Ebenezer, the celebrated blogger, raising his stubby finger towards his nostril. As it entered the nose, he gave his whole hand an expert twist, as if he were operating a corkscrew. He grimaced as something was levered loose, which he pulled out and began rolling between his thumb and his forefinger. Continue reading →

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Gates and Hashes

Posted on 2 May 2010 by Robert

In a rant about the Gillian Duffy thing, Mr E complains about a bit of political shorthand: I’m sure I can’t be the only one, by the way, who is tired of seeing the suffix “-gate” attached to every minor … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Philosophy, Media | 1 Comment

Blog Burning

Posted on 16 April 2010 by Robert

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post – ‘Write A Blog, Kill Your Career‘, about the possibility of bloggers going into politics and the trouble that their archives might cause them.  I linked to a marvellous cartoon by … Continue reading →

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Tinkering with Computers

Posted on 10 April 2010 by Robert

Based on a sample size of one (i.e. just me) I forsee a growing vogue for hobbism, tinkering, and non-standard computer set-ups. Continue reading →

Posted in Art and Cultures, Diary, Internet Philosophy | 2 Comments

Borgesian Blogging?

Posted on 20 March 2010 by Robert

There is an online trend towards giving an idea away for free.  A journalist or a thinker comes up with a great idea, but rather than implement it too see if it works in practice, they just ask someone else … Continue reading →

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Nowness

Posted on 18 March 2010 by Robert

Here I am, writing on my blog at 2:45am. I’ve just read an interesting short blog post by Nicholas Carr on ‘Nowness’: The Net’s bias, Gelernter explains, is toward the fresh, the new, the now. Nothing is left to ripen. … Continue reading →

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