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Everest Pipkin
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Sep 19, 2021

A City Is a City — Against the metaphorization of data

I was invited to give comment (along with Ever Bussey, Jasmine McNealy, and Trevor Owens) on Shannon Mattern’s new book, A City Is Not a Computer: Other Urban Intelligences, at the book launch on 9/15/21. …

Smart Cities

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A City Is a City — Against the metaphorization of data
A City Is a City — Against the metaphorization of data
Smart Cities

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Mar 3, 2021

HERE IS THE ARTICLE YOU CAN SEND TO PEOPLE WHEN THEY SAY “BUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WITH CRYPTOART WILL BE SOLVED SOON, RIGHT?”

Cryptocurrencies and NFTs are an absolute disaster for so many more reasons than the ecological. — I am so mad I had to write this, the world’s most self-evident take: but here is the article you can send to people when they say “but the environmental issues with cryptoart will be solved soon, right?” I suppose, first, if you haven’t seen those “environmental issues”, and aren’t…

Nft

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“BUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WITH CRYPTOART WILL BE SOLVED SOON, RIGHT?”
“BUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WITH CRYPTOART WILL BE SOLVED SOON, RIGHT?”
Nft

22 min read


Jun 12, 2018

It Was Raining in the Data Center

What do Facebook’s secluded servers reveal about the internet’s military roots? — Prineville, Oregon. 2011. In August of 2011, Jay Parikh, the Vice President of Infrastructure Engineering at Facebook, received a call. As Parikh recounted to The Register in June of 2013, he remembered the conversation going something like this: “Jay, there’s a cloud in the data center,” “What do you mean…

Internet

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It Was Raining in the Data Center
It Was Raining in the Data Center
Internet

24 min read


Mar 10, 2017

An Interview with Dog Opera manager and Koch Games employee David Kanaga, on Oikospiel, Book I

This interview originally served as research for the March 1st article that appeared in Hyperallergic- A Video Game Immerses You in an Opera Composed by Dogs. The full text of the interview is below. Everest; Hi David! I just wanted to start with a bit of background information at first…

Music

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An Interview with Dog Opera manager and Koch Games employee David Kanaga, on Oikospiel, Book I
An Interview with Dog Opera manager and Koch Games employee David Kanaga, on Oikospiel, Book I
Music

11 min read


Sep 20, 2016

A Long History of Generated Poetics: cutups from Dickinson to Melitzah

This is a transcription of a talk originally given at Wordhack, a monthly event at Babycastles exploring the intersection of language and technology. When talking about generative text, there is often a predilection to start with its histories. This is perhaps an impulse towards humbleness, an important recognition that although…

Poetry

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A Long History of Generated Poetics: cutups from Dickinson to Melitzah
A Long History of Generated Poetics: cutups from Dickinson to Melitzah
Poetry

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May 7, 2016

Guillaume, Guillaume, Guillaume (The cat named Guillaume)

Visiting Chris Marker in Second Life — I never really lived in Second Life. As an artist working in digital spaces this is patently uncool. …

Art

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Guillaume, Guillaume, Guillaume (The cat named Guillaume)
Guillaume, Guillaume, Guillaume (The cat named Guillaume)
Art

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Mar 12, 2016

Selfhood, the icon, and byzantine presence on the Internet

This is a considerably-expanded version of the talk I gave at Botsummit 2014. The video of that talk is viewable here. Very Long Ago When we talk about technology, it is so often in the rooted in the Short Now, but I would ask you to cast your thoughts backwards…

Tech

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Selfhood, the icon, and byzantine presence on the Internet
Selfhood, the icon, and byzantine presence on the Internet
Tech

16 min read

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