I write about place, media and technology.
2019
Phone Sex -- an essay on desire, materiality and the iPhone, upcoming for Dirty Furniture magazine
The tech giants dominated the decade. But there’s still time to rein them in - Guardian Opinion
Ashes to Ashes -- an essay on dust, for Smith Journal (print, AU)
2018
Exploring the Future Beyond Cyberpunk - How We Get To Next
(Republishing Disturbances dust essay #17)
Post-Authenticity and the Ironic Truths of Meme Culture - Medium feature story
2016
My Friend, The Bot - Medium
2015
Atomic California - Roads & Kingdoms
The Ghost Grid of California City - Medium feature story
Review of Keller Easterling’s ‘Extrastatecraft' - ICON magazine
Interview in Issue N°3 – Permanence, The Alpine Review, with Igor Schwarzmann
2012
Ethnographer's Reading List - Ethnomatters
Is Fashion Ready for a New Aesthetic? - Business of Fashion
Your mobile phone leaks - ICON magazine
Other opinions:
2019
Phone Sex -- an essay on desire, materiality and the iPhone, upcoming for Dirty Furniture magazine
The tech giants dominated the decade. But there’s still time to rein them in - Guardian Opinion
- Discussion on KGO 810 radio (San Francisco)
Ashes to Ashes -- an essay on dust, for Smith Journal (print, AU)
2018
Exploring the Future Beyond Cyberpunk - How We Get To Next
- Republished at Quartz, Nine Sci Fi Subgenres to Help You Understand the Future
- and BBVA Open Mind, Una nueva ciencia ficción para entender lo que viene
(Republishing Disturbances dust essay #17)
Post-Authenticity and the Ironic Truths of Meme Culture - Medium feature story
- Reactions & discussion at Metafilter; Design Observer podcast Episode 80: Age and Authenticity; Slate Money podcast 205 on brands, Airspace and authenticity; post of the month at Neil Perkin's adland blog.
- Chapter in Post-Memes: Seizing the Memes of Production (Punctum Books, 2019)
2016
My Friend, The Bot - Medium
- Republished in Vector, the critical journal of the British Science Fiction Association
- Disturbances profiled in WIRED: The Blissfully Slow World of Internet Newsletters, by Clive Thompson
2015
Atomic California - Roads & Kingdoms
The Ghost Grid of California City - Medium feature story
Review of Keller Easterling’s ‘Extrastatecraft' - ICON magazine
Interview in Issue N°3 – Permanence, The Alpine Review, with Igor Schwarzmann
2012
Ethnographer's Reading List - Ethnomatters
Is Fashion Ready for a New Aesthetic? - Business of Fashion
Your mobile phone leaks - ICON magazine
Other opinions:
- How media spreads, in WIRED - How a petition to revoke Article 50 blew up and broke the internet, Chris Stokel-Walker, 2019
- On the future of advertising, in the Guardian - From WhatsApp to Alexa : why the ad-free era is over, Chris Stokel-Walker, 2019
- Hopes & fears, in VICE Motherboard - We Asked 105 Experts What Worries Them Most About the Future, Becky Ferreira, 2018
- On deepfake videos, in VICE Motherboard - We Are Truly Fucked: Everyone Is Making AI-Generated Fake Porn Now, Daisy Ridley, 2018
- On bitcoin as a status symbol, in VICE Garage - Bitcoin Is the New Birkin Bag, Kyle Chayka, 2018
- On CV Dazzle, in The Atlantic - Anti-Surveillance Camouflage for Your Face, Robinson Meyer, 2014
- On Google Glass, in WIRED - Fashion Insiders Weigh In: Can Your Style Survive Google Glass? Tim Maly, 2013