How it feels to be an internet culture reporter
A story in memes.
Hello! PHONE TIME’s been a little heavy on the links lately; I’m working on writing up a few interviews and reporting out some stories. I’m still experimenting with the newsletter’s style and format, so feel free to drop me a line if you think there’s something working well or not working well.
For today, here’s a little Canva scrapbook with memes I’ve made over the past year or so. You can follow my Instagram for more.
🚧🛣️🚙⚠️🚗Computer Scenery 🚗⚠️🚙🛣️🚧
Scroll to the end for some bonus memes.
Elsewhere online
CASA Magazines is launching a collage club. The first in a series of workshops from CASA and collage artist Francesca Maida is on Aug. 5. The Instagram announcement emphasized the workshop as a way to get offline: “Join us for an unplugged evening of analog art-making, magazine love, and creative camaraderie.” I’ve been to collage clubs at three different locations: ReCreate Collective, ThirdSpace, and Haricot Vert’s craftnook, which I mentioned when I wrote about offline clubs. I was surprised at just how helpful going through old magazines was helpful to my own creative process and sparking inspiration for things to write about.
I missed the NYC Silly Hackathon!
Swear away on YouTube. “Strong profanity in the first 7 sec is now eligible to earn full ad revenue.”
Digital Frontier has “decided to press pause.” “The work we produced struck a chord, but the momentum never quite followed,” co-founder Josh Hewes wrote.
Look at these computer Croc jibbitz by EMPOWA!
