Monthly Archives: January 2015

Paulina Borsook: Cyberselfish 15 years after, Part I

By Geert Lovink, January 29, 2015

“Cyberselfish/a critical romp through the terribly libertarian culture of high-tech”, which I have nicknamed “That Damned Book” aka TDB, came out in the year 2000. It’s been more than a little disconcerting that TDB turns out to still have relevance, as did short pieces I wrote such as “How the Internet Ruined San Francisco” (in [...]

Paulina Borsook: Cyberselfish 15 years after, Part II

By Geert Lovink, January 29, 2015

“Cyberselfish” 15 years after publication Part II: Where am I going and where have I been The complex truth behind how I got into writing about technology and writing about it the way that I did. The truth behind this is complicated but it finally seems time to explain how it -really- all happened. I [...]

Re-introducing Californian cyber critic Paulina Borsook

By Geert Lovink, January 29, 2015

Paulina Borsook should be considered California’s first generation net critics, writing a decade before Carr, Lanier, Keen, Turkle and Morozov took the center stage and mainstreamed the genre. Much like the scattered initiatives and individuals such as Bad Subjects, Steve Cisler, David Hudson and Phil Agre (just to list a few random names), Paulina Borsook [...]

Digital Publishing Toolkit presentation at Transmediale Festival

By patricia, January 26, 2015

This Friday we present the Digital Publishing Toolkit at the Transmediale Festival in Berlin. This publication is part of the Digital Publishing Toolkit research project. The Toolkit is meant for everyone working in art and design publishing. It provides hands-on practical advice and tools, focusing on working solutions for low-budget, small-edition publishing. Editorial scenarios include art and [...]