Published inEAT SLEEP MINT REPEAT·PinnedTwitter, Twitter, On The WallWhy paid verification & visibility boosts are bad ideas for “fair” open social media. — In the recent record buyout of the feathered social media platform, Elon Musk’s repeated call for free speech and a fair, level platform for all could be no further from where we currently find ourselves on Twitter. And it’s all thanks to Twitter Blue & its latest paid verification features. Feeling Blue …Twitter7 min readTwitter7 min read
Published inPrompt Night·Apr 20, 2021Sub Life — Living on SubscriptionsIt should come as no surprise that internet shopping is booming right now. Thanks to the current state of global affairs, in the UK alone, 2020 saw the highest online sales growth in 13 years. …Writing Prompts5 min readWriting Prompts5 min read
Published inPrompt Night·Oct 10, 2020Earth CommerceWelcome to Earth Major, 2307. Firmware 3.1.53. It has been 2 months and 12 days since the last consumer uprising. Estimated GNP loss of ¥R 42 Billion. Since the Great Capitalist Rebellion of 2205–2209, Corporations are officially recognised as the governing elite, as Commercial Autocracy washed away the obsolete ways of State and Party rule. With the…Short Fiction5 min readShort Fiction5 min read
Published inPrompt Night·Jul 1, 2020Supermash and The Art of the Hybrid-GenreFor the past few days, I’ve been playing Supermash, developed and published by Digital Continue. Supermash bids itself as a “game that makes games”. …Writing Prompts6 min readWriting Prompts6 min read
Published inPrompt Night·Jun 6, 2020Partial Recall — Passing the Childhood Memory BatonWhat’s your earliest memory? I have a particularly vivid snapshot from when we moved house when I was four. Sitting down on the delightfully brown carpet of the living room with boxes all around us, and watching Knight Rider with my family on our small colour television. That was thirty-four…New Parenting4 min readNew Parenting4 min read
Published inPrompt Night·May 15, 2020Welcome To The World of Tomorrow!From Annihilation Earth to A Quiet Place, Pacific Rim to Edge of Tomorrow, The film industry’s elaborately fictitious presentations of 2020 have often been pretty grim, typically featuring monsters or alien invasions, being fought with equally elaborate technology such as giant battle mechs and advanced robotic exosuits. Where’s my exosuit…Podcast5 min readPodcast5 min read
Published inPrompt Night·May 8, 2020Who The Hell Is Daniel?Lighting designer, aspiring writer and digital doodler. Design, music, and science-fiction are my holy trinity. I’m currently trying my hand at penning a novel called [D]rifter. Fascinated by the other-worldly, and tantalized by all things tech, a good gadget will engross me as much as a good book. Tolkien’s high…About Me1 min readAbout Me1 min read
