Year: 2020
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Rumination 66: An Essential Roll
During last week’s episode of the Lounge Ruminator podcast, 17. Non-essential Formula, I spent some time discussing what it means to be ‘essential’ and indeed, ‘non-essential’. It is not only a shift in our vernacular to use these phrases, but also a shift in the way that we think about people’s value in society; this…
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17. Non-essential Formula
A non-essential person considers what it means to be essential and discusses the televisual triumph that is Dave Holstein’s Kidding (no spoilers!). Notes
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Critiquing the Apple TV User Experience
Background After an interesting episode of the podcast Mac Power Users (‘#528: The Merlin Awakens’) with David Sparks, Stephen Hackett and special guest Merlin Mann, I was inspired to write my own piece about the experience of using Apple’s tvOS. I have been a fan of the Apple TV (as a device) since its very…
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16. Silence and Sound
No day is free of silence or sound but how do we feel when confronted by each of them? With which do we generally prefer to surround ourselves? Notes
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15. Remoteness and Openness
As use of powerful and accessible digital technology proliferates worldwide, how can we reconsider our approach to work and also reassess how we interact with news and information on the Web? Notes
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KinoKonzert: ‘The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari’
On Saturday night, I had the pleasure of attending an event for the 100th anniversary of the famous German expressionist film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Kabinet des Dr. Caligari) by director Robert Wiene. As a part of its KinoKonzert series, the Goethe-Institut in Australia invites composers and artists to play original scores in time with various silent films on the big screen.…
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14. Are You an Automaton?
Algorithms surround us in the technology that we use, the systems in which we work and even in the way that we approach everyday tasks. As we become more rational and process-driven in our lives, are we losing something more human about ourselves? Notes
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