One of the biggest internet stories of 2019 has been the massive brawl between Netflix and several of its up-and-coming competitors. From Disney+ to Apple TV+, many are debating which streaming service…
Internet Culture
By the Mania, for the Mania: What the Sonic Fandom Says about Online Media
When I was younger, I used to be a huge fan of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. I played the original games to death on the Sonic Mega Collection for the Nintendo Gamecube, I…
“You Are Not a Gadget”, You Are Vaporwave
In the middle of Jason Lanier’s You Are Not a Gadget, the author rants about how all music has sounded the same since the dawn of the internet. This is a part of…
Online Networks and Anime Convention Volunteering: The Web and the Weebs
As I read “Networked: The New Social Operating System”, a book about how the internet, mobile, and network revolutions have created a networked individualism that makes us all nodes of different social…
GeoCities, Ghost Towns
As a warning, there is something you need to know before you read this rewrite of an article from my old blog: Now that we’ve got that out of the way, remember…