Authorship of the Now

In today’s social media-saturated world, surgically curating and broadcasting the intimate details of one’s daily life has become a widespread obsession. Platforms like Instagram and TikTok have enabled the meteoric rise of “lifestyle blogging” – converting lived experience into consumable digital content. Ordinary people now meticulously stage, frame and filter snapshots of life’s mundane moments…

Facebook’s Vision: Our Identities as Brand Identities

In today’s social media-saturated world, our online identities have essentially become personal brands – commodities that can be marketed and monetized. With over 2.96 billion monthly active users, Facebook pioneered features that allowed people to pay to promote their posts and events. While this generated backlash initially for “commodifying friendship,” it has now become an…

Feedback, White Noise, and Glitches: Cyberspace Strikes Back

Even in our hyper-connected world, technology retains an alluring air of mystery. The processes powering our devices remain opaque to most users. And glitches in the matrix, whether images distorted by camera hacks or pixels scattered by signal interference, hint at unseen digital dimensions behind the glass. This technological uncertainty has long sparked spiritual speculation….

An End to Green Felt: How iOS 7 Modernized the iPhone Experience

An End to Green Felt: How iOS 7 Modernized the iPhone Experience

When the original iPhone launched in 2007, its software design was hailed as a masterpiece of simplicity and usability. Apple relied heavily on visual metaphors like stitched leather, green felt, and rich wood textures to help users understand how to interact with this novel device. These ornate yet familiar touches, known as skeuomorphism, made the…

“The Wheel of The Devil”: On Vine, Gifs and The Power of The Loop

“The Wheel of The Devil”: On Vine, Gifs and The Power of The Loop

Remember Vine? That super short-form video app that was all the rage nearly a decade ago? Well, even if you don’t, you’re probably familiar with the short, endlessly looping clips it pioneered – also known as gifs. See, before Vine came along, gifs were just kind of a niche internet thing. But Vine made the…

Achieving Parallel Execution in Robot Framework: A Comprehensive Guide

Achieving Parallel Execution in Robot Framework: A Comprehensive Guide

Hello, fellow Robot Framework enthusiasts! If you’ve been grappling with long-running test suites and are eager to speed up your automation, you’ve landed in the right spot. In this article, we will take an in-depth look at parallel execution in Robot Framework. This powerful technique can significantly reduce your test execution time, saving you valuable…

How to Debug Your Robot Framework Test Using PyCharm: A Comprehensive Guide

How to Debug Your Robot Framework Test Using PyCharm: A Comprehensive Guide

Debugging Robot Framework tests is a crucial part of the development process, ensuring that your automation scripts run smoothly and effectively. PyCharm, a popular integrated development environment (IDE), offers powerful tools to debug your Robot Framework tests seamlessly. In this guide, we will walk you through the step-by-step process of setting up and debugging your…