Posted inHistory Technology
Four photographs and their “truths”
Photos from the nineteenth century and from 2023 helped my fall seminar students explore truth, the fake, and fiction.
Posted inCommentary Technology
Things work very, very well in this country
New "personal technology" products are developing a special kind of "ownership" that didn't exist a generation ago.
Posted inHistory Technology
Muzak. Like the air, only sweeter
You might hate it. You might find it useful. The pleasant history and on-going conundrum of "background music."
Posted inHistory Technology
Flimsy film, ethereal pixels. Pictures and us.
An image captured, rectangularly framed. The 35mm frame-of-mind. Cannonballs, OFF and ON. "Seeing machines."