Archive - PHONE TIME

I stopped by an astrology app's pop-up

Plus, r/Snoo is hosting a contest for original art of the Reddit mascot, no generative AI allowed.

Jun 24 •

Kristin Merrilees

It feels like summer forever

Facebook's "Good Morning" groups are celebrating the start of the season.

Jun 21 •

Kristin Merrilees

Welcome to the intersection of art and technology

Ash Herr, who also goes by EMPOWA online, on cultivating a space for creative technologists and how her own projects explore authenticity and play…

Jun 20 •

Kristin Merrilees

the html review is a journal of literature 'made to exist on the web'

Published each spring, the html review features poetry, nonfiction, fiction, graphics, and experimental works that use the web as a medium.

Jun 18 •

Kristin Merrilees

This website embraces the messiness of personal music reviews

Alison Kim's project "reviews left on rate your music" encourages intentionality and spontaneity in the era of algorithmic curation.

Jun 17 •

Kristin Merrilees

This interactive browser narrative will make you feel

To make "i feel so much shame," Jackie Liu combined Risograph printing and web-based elements including dropdown menus, hyperlinks, and buttons.

Jun 16 •

Kristin Merrilees

PHONE TIME party edition: Andrew Yang’s no-phone ‘OFFLINE’ party

People mostly followed the rules.

Jun 13 •

Kristin Merrilees

'San Francisco, one billboard at a time'

Bill Dybas has been chronicling tech hype cycles through ads.

Jun 12 •

Kristin Merrilees

Design as speculation, softness, and slow rebellion

A conversation with Akshara Dash about building Depth, an "intentionally inconvenient" design studio.

Jun 11 •

Kristin Merrilees

Here come the iOS 26 memes

A lot of comparisons to Windows Vista and Frutiger Aero.

Jun 10 •

Kristin Merrilees

Making games that disappear

Game designer droqen on the evolution of his work, droqevers, and newest game "The End of Gameplay."

Jun 9 •

Kristin Merrilees

I stopped by the Perplexity coffee truck

Plus, we have a new Twitter holiday on the books.

Jun 7 •

Kristin Merrilees

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