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Ambient Co-Presence
In its chaotic, open, and intensely creative origins, the internet offered individual empowerment and access, cross-pollination, almost limitless connection among and between Citizens everywhere. As a many-to-many medium, it asks more of us than television or radio or the printing press, equipping us to be active in the world, capable of representi
... See moreBrian Eno • Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
What may seem like disparate philosophies are all rooted in the same belief: that facilitating multiplayer futures means cultivating a healthy, generative, mutually-beneficial, and vibe-rich environment where people want to be , where people care about the outcomes, yes, but more importantly the people and the process, and where people can activate... See more
Em Howell • Multiplayer Futures
I’ve been fascinated with how the Internet can be used to form beautiful ephemeral moments of connection with the most unexpected kinds of people. This doc outlines an inquiry into how we create the conditions for those moments, how to cultivate and sustainably grow the intimate tiny internets we explore that protect us from the wide, scary, overwh... See more
Spencer Chang • tiny internets: sidewalks, geocaching, and more · tiny internets
how these technologies are fostering a new era of collaborative creation, characterized by unprecedented accessibility, real-time interaction, and a shared creative space.
Audrey Tang • ⿻ 數位 Plurality: The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy
These days many of the best online social experiences happen in very small-scale environments. A few friends, a loose microcommunity, a cozy corner with the right vibes.
It's in the air, thick with it, even, in certain places — the cozyweb, the indieweb, the slow web; tiny internets and run your own social; independent creative communities, local le... See more
It's in the air, thick with it, even, in certain places — the cozyweb, the indieweb, the slow web; tiny internets and run your own social; independent creative communities, local le... See more
Towards Small-Scale Social
This isn’t new to culture — this is culture. The difference is that software now mediates a significant share of our experience within and between worlds. And software that affords presence or spatial awareness — from a simple video chat app to a more immersive game-like product — can establish a type of proximity between individuals, or even betwe... See more
Marc Geffen • The Minimum Viable Metaverse
