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James Bridle, an artist and writer, covers technology, Wikipedia, aviation imagery, and new forms of fiction.
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gxml · 2016-10-29
http://booktwo.org/notebook/wikipedia-historiography/
An excellent talk on this subject from 2010.
msutherl · 2012-12-14
I can't believe this guy has no sense of humor[1]! He's completely serious about providing a service and making tons of money from it.
In one question the interviewer asks: 'could you make a novel for instance?' to which he replies 'well, novels don't usually make money'. Wouldn't you think the correct answer would be 'well, it wouldn't be very good'?
Hauntology at its best[2].
[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8WuGKyBR90
[2] http://booktwo.org/notebook/hauntological-futures/
Jiocus · 2021-12-20
Artist James Bridle calls them "Rainbow planes" and has used this in his art.
Rainbow Plane 002: Kiev. October 29, 2014: https://booktwo.org/notebook/rainbow-plane-002-kiev/
Rainbow Planes: https://www.flickr.com/photos/stml/sets/72157637938061015/
mgunes · 2011-11-09
James Bridle's "Robot Flâneur" is technically similar: http://robotflaneur.com , http://booktwo.org/notebook/robot-flaneur
tomstuart · 2011-04-04
For a different axis, see also: http://booktwo.org/notebook/wikipedia-historiography/
Gibbon · 2011-04-04
Here is a twelve volume set consisting of the entire edit history of the "Iraq War" entry on Wikipedia.
http://booktwo.org/notebook/wikipedia-historiography/
cmod · 2011-01-02
Slightly tangential but James Bridle's printing of an article's history is an interesting kind of archiving:
http://booktwo.org/notebook/wikipedia-historiography/