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.

XtraNormal and Political Debate

I am very taken with XtraNormal, a website for making free animations online.  It is perfect for school projects and the like, and will be instantly employed for satire in the Get Your War On style.  but I think it … Continue reading

Posted in Film, Human Rights, Internet Philosophy, USA | 1 Comment

Write a blog, kill your career?

I’ve spotted a couple of references recently to the ‘perfect memory’ of the Internet and how it can come back to haunt you in later life.  It breeds a peculiar form of self-censorship.  First, the now-outed Girl With A One … Continue reading

Posted in Internet Philosophy, Media, Politics, UK | 4 Comments

Counterpoint: In praise of 100px Campaigns

“when it’s a rough day & I look at my tweetdeck & its filled w/ green …it matters” Continue reading

Posted in Human Rights, Internet Philosophy, Middle East, Visual | 2 Comments

So, We Can Engineer a Mass Movement to Hack the Christmas Pop Charts, but We Can’t Agree on a Global Climate Change Treaty?

And as for Twibbons? This innovation seems to me to be a hugely reductive exercise, shrinking political debate to a space 100 pixels wide. Continue reading

Posted in Human Rights, Internet Philosophy, Middle East, Music, USA | 8 Comments

10 Tactics

What happens when “noxious” civil society groups use digital campaigning tactics for “nefarious” purposes? Continue reading

Posted in Diary, Globalisation, Human Rights, Internet Philosophy | Leave a comment

The Future of Bookshops

So Borders have gone into administration. In an analysis for The Evening Standard, Lucy Tobin describes how independent bookshops might benefit as the sector is hit by the rise in online shopping and supermarket competition. [James] Daunt reckons his competitive … Continue reading

Posted in Books, Internet Philosophy | 1 Comment

PCC to Regulate Blogs?

While we’re on the subject of the PCC: The new chair of the organisation recently said that she thought the commission should regulate blogs. Over at Liberal Conspiracy, Unity has drafted a collective response to this outlandish suggestion. I’ve “signed” … Continue reading

Posted in Internet Philosophy, Liberal Conspiracy, Media, Politics | 1 Comment

Forced to Blog?

A leading reformist blogger in Iran started to update his blog in prison. Continue reading

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Stalking Shawn

Stalk Shawn. Follow his tweets, and find him in the streets. If you catch him, he’ll buy you a beer, like some Twenty-first century leprechaun. Continue reading

Posted in Diary, Internet Philosophy, London | 12 Comments

Balkanisation and the Internet

The Internet Age could lead to the breakdown of nation states into smaller political units. Continue reading

Posted in Art and Cultures, Europe, Globalisation, Internet Philosophy, Multiculturalism | 19 Comments