PhD Status: Online 🌐
Huge thanks to my supervisors Prof. Teal Triggs and Richard Banks, and examiners Prof. Jussi Parikka and Prof. Anthony Masure.
CryptPad v4.0 is now available on GitHub https://github.com/xwiki-labs/cryptpad/releases/tag/4.0.0
Some highlights aside from the new logo and look 👇
HALT AND CATCH FIRE SYLLABUS 🔥
This has been on my mind for a long time, and now it's a real thing!
Reminder: You can use my Unwanted Stickers pack for #Signal https://signalstickers.com/pack/b9b48c7cf2d813d8088d009cd54cf1fa
Seeing a lot of people moving to Signal the last few days. Started messaging my Whatsapp contacts with this gentle-shaming template. Let's see how well it works:
Hey I'm moving as many conversations as possible to Signal before Whatsapp starts sharing all its data with the rest of Facebook at the end of the month. Install it here if you like: https://signal.org/
I'm probably going to have to keep Whatsapp anyway. So it's your choice if you want to stay behind with the boomers and school parent groups. 😉
CryptPad v3.25.1 loads your drive and documents from a local cache when available, letting you view a read-only copy while updates are still loading from the server.
This is a big step towards using CryptPad while fully offline!
Try it now on https://CryptPad.fr! #privacy
Rounded rectangle recipe in Cairo:
🎧️ ♏️ 📱 Co-Star and the Making of a Popular Astrology App
The Astrology Podcast ep. 286
Great interview with founder Banu Guler.
"a bug where the ascendant would go to your 12th house on Android"
https://theastrologypodcast.com/2021/01/05/co-star-and-the-making-of-a-popular-astrology-app/
which is itself part of this amazing issue of Processed World
📘 Processed World - Issue 5. (Summer 1982)
http://archive.org/details/processedworld05proc
The sabotage ep. includes discussion of this brilliant piece:
📄 Gidgit Digit (1982) ‘Sabotage: the Ultimate Video Game’, Processed World. http://www.processedworld.com/Issues/issue05/05sabotage.htm.
🎧 This Machine Kills
podcast episodes on:
🏭 🛠️ Luddism: https://soundcloud.com/thismachinekillspod/28-the-hammer-of-ludd
📺 🔨 Sabotage: https://soundcloud.com/thismachinekillspod/unlocked-sabotage-feels-good
📰 Interactions: AI activism issue
There is a short feature about my almanac.computer in this, plus contributions from @RyBn, Cassie Thornton, Mireille Hildebrandt, and many more
http://interactions.acm.org/archive/toc/january-february-2021
New Extractivism
An assemblage of concepts and allegories.
Vladan Joler (2020)
Our latest blog post summarizes our activities and challenges over this past year, and includes a bit of a teaser about what to expect in early 2021!
https://blog.cryptpad.fr/2020/12/31/No-plan-survives-first-contact-with-the-enemy/
@entreprecariat
https://www.are.na/block/9680307
https://www.are.na/block/9680309
No idea where these come from (as often on are.na) but looks relevant?
David Benqué
Designer/Researcher
🇫🇷➡️🇳🇱🇬🇧🇮🇪🇪🇺
He/Him