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Making Visible
ByI like the way you ask whether the "invisibility" of apple's products should be seen as a matter of faith or a particular kind of materiality. What if we consider two different types of invisibility at work here, both of which we can look ... -
just realized my last para was cut off…
ByWhat I meant to end with was… I'm rambling a bit, but I just think the equation you set up here is an exciting one –– in what ways should the invisibility of the iPad be made visible once again? ... -
the device as a concept
ByThanks for this fantastic post, Joe. There's a lot to work with here, and you actually anticipated a lot of the themes I tried to hit on in my post for tomorrow. For now, I'll just focus on the question of "why does this device matter?&qu ... -
the VCR as "gadget"
ByHi Jules and Amelie! I'm excited both of you keep coming back to the word "gadget," since I've been toying with a dissertation project on "gadgetry." The term seems particularly apt here, both for the historical and narrative ... -
superheroes and control
ByThis is interesting in relation to another subset of SF wildly popular today, the superhero movie. Contrast the above scene in 28 Weeks Later to the fantasy of superhero control in the recent Iron Man movie, where Tony Stark's HUD automatically separ ...