Disinforming Ourselves to Death
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Post-Twitter Twitterverse
Some impressions on the ongoing conversational vibes in various Twitter-ish services in their current iterations (i.e. Jul 2023): Threads feels like Twitter around 2020.…Vibrant with celebs, influencers, politicos, etc strategically shouting for attention in all media formats. The Twitterverse that attracted money and power interests.…That’s what the massive network scale achieves, which Instagram did effortlessly…
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Stray Thoughts on Pixar’s Elemental
I loved Pixar’s Elemental a lot, but I get how it missed the mark with some audiences. First off, the marketing point: while the romcom aspect was advertised, the diaspora inter-generational story is the real gem. Father-daughter relationship, as a core story driver, opened on Father’s Day weekend, but no marketing about that part. But…
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On AI-assisted Writing
[Note: This is a guideline I wrote at the start of the recent semester, for the classes I teach. I’m sure there will be other people who want some concrete ideas on how to cope with tools like that (beyond open mantras such as “use it as a tool, wisely”), so here’s a start.] In-house…