Category: Digital Manifesto
Navigating the post-SocMed Internet.
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Owning the means of (Audio) Production
I’ve been spending some laptop time in one of our louder studios of late. Since switching to Linux for philosophical reasons, the challenge emerged to integrate this sometimes under-supported operating system into the workflow expected of an audio professional. This article will be updated on the go as I plough through the pitfalls, while sharing
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Meta Late than Never
Although I haven’t specifically used Facebook since I detached from that scrollslop-sodden mess, I still kept it around as another site to syndicate my blog posts. Occasionally dropping in to check up on friends, but otherwise resigning it to the dregs of enshittification. Then, a few days back, I was denied access to the site
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The Defenestration Game
It’s been a time-honoured adage that the best advert for Linux is Windows. Despite that, I limped along with a Windows 10 install on my laptop for many years. It did the job reasonably well, and I could run the apps I needed to for both myself and my studies. Then the “upgrade” to Windows
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Kony Lingers
Most people in the West had never heard of Joseph Kony. Head of the Lord’s Resistance Army, a Christian insurgent militia operating out of Uganda and elsewhere since 1987, Kony met all international definitions of a terrorist warlord. Cutting a swathe through the region, the LRA soon became notorious for mass atrocities, kidnapping, and the
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Into the Fediverse
For those who already know about the Fediverse, I can be followed at @index@heathenstorm.com As for those who don’t (likely most reading this), an explanation: The Fediverse is a decentralised, federated network of independent social platforms that communicate using the ActivityPub protocol. Each individual instance runs according to its own community rules, hosting anything from
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Startin’ up a POSSE
Owning one’s identity, online or otherwise, is a fundamental responsibility. It is a core tenet of individual liberty and the capacity to respond to any challenge on one’s own terms. Free from the influence of censorious agents who would silence or sway opinion to insidious ends. Connections made with others still matter, absolutely. Even as
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A Populace of Plastic People
In the 2013 TV special “How Videogames Changed the World”; Charlie Brooker (of Nathan Barley and Black Mirror infamy) positioned SocMed as nothing more than a game. Players would jostle for attention, earning points by views and followers. The aim being to win regardless of what it takes to get there, with integrity and accountability
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Detaching from SocMed
It has become the fashion for folk to announce, very publicly and performatively, their departure from current Social Media accounts. Moving on to other sites, or even switching off entirely, due to changes of company ownership and the incessant swing of the political pendulum. Protesting against the new regime, they isolate themselves against loss of