Dave Beer - Fragments of Modernity
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Recently I caught a bit of the 1998 film You've Got Mail. It stars Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks, and is a based around their characters’ email communications…
Dave Beer
Feb 17
For over a decade now social media have been turning our interactions into data. Once relations, dialogue and connections are abstracted into data, the…
Dave Beer
Feb 11
On London Review of Books: An Incomplete History
Dave Beer
Feb 9
Intermittent software updates are a common feature of our digital landscape. Our devices often pause to renew. We only really notice these updates when…
Dave Beer
Feb 5
I was recently interviewed by Omar Oakes for a feature in Campaign magazine. Below is an excerpt from the feature: Is social media breaking apart the b…
Dave Beer
Feb 1
Holding down the fast forward button on your CD player, eventually the sound of a mysterious hidden track would rush by. An all-too-quick blur of noise…
Dave Beer
Jan 30
Technological developments can break down all sorts of boundaries, distinctions and seperations. The most recent of these ruptures has led to a battle …
Dave Beer
Jan 27
It's been quite a while since my last newsletter went out. I had take some time out this summer and the newsletter needed to go on the back burner. The…
Dave Beer
Oct 11, 2019
I'm just reading today that Apple is going to be closing down iTunes. The services provided by iTunes will be split onto different digital services, wi…
Dave Beer
Jun 4, 2019
I had to take a slightly longer gap between newsletters this time. Alongside my usual commitments I've been working toward the conclusion of a project.…
Dave Beer
May 16, 2019
Revenues are what? There are lots of awful clichès that float about on entrepreneurial TV shows like The Apprentice and Dragon's Den. One of those clic…
Dave Beer
Apr 29, 2019
This is my weekly newsletter on technology, media & culture. With a combination of marking and the holiday, instead of the usual email format I’ve made…
Dave Beer
Apr 22, 2019
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