Facebook

Grief and deep-liking on Facebook.

It is now 0017hrs and I am typing in this space while weeping like shit because I feel so full of sad. But I know I will be okay in […]

Influencers

Gross is the new like? Grotesque microcelebrity and carnivalesque commerce

(This was first published on Cyborgology on 24 August 2016.) […]

Heritage

Joseph Schooling and the politics of belonging in Singapore

You guys, it’s Singapore first gold Olympic medal ever and […]

Internet culture

Outages, Corporate communications, and Customer service.

Imagine you are a corporate entity. Your officious websites are […]

Academica Dramatica

Facebook, Workbook.

My favourite things about using Facebook for collaborative academic work: 1) Intermittent intimacies, when my peers truncate conversations with mundane life updates (i.e. childminding, chores, daily crises). We see […]

Internet culture

Social media branding is tricky business.

The thing about the Internet is that you can never truly control how users will perceive, edit, store, or disseminate your information. And if you’re a corporation or a business […]