Inkwell: Authors and Artists

    
"the unofficial editorial policy was that if there were a chance to​
be clever, we took it."

Great policy. There is so right now that isn't clever, that this mag​
stands out all the more.

At a publication I work with, DeSmog, we've been covering MAGA and​
tech from the perspectives of angles like climate action, data​
center development and disinformation. We tend to be pretty earnest​
in tone. I think some of these articles can indirectly inform how​
I'm approaching these topics. (Mostly, I edit.)

Still, I'm starting my reading on a personal note, with "What hath​
the iPhone wrought?" 

For the past few years, I've been making myself think back A LOT to​
how we did daily life before 2014. 

It's actually a relief to remember that I tended to get where I​
needed to go, and stayed in good touch with loved ones, and kept up​
with news, and took photos of interesting things or people, and did​
math in my head and more and more...

It felt confining enough that I had a phone with me at almost all​
times from 2000 onwards. I switched to an iPhone around...I don't​
know. It was an iPhone 4, but a hand-me-down from a friend who was​
upgrading to a 5 or 6. I was consciously not an early adopter.

Now I have this little supercomputer in my pocket almost all the​
time, to the point of anxiety if I happen to forget it --- followed​
by remembering that this is how I went about my days for more than​
half my life...and they went FINE.

I have thought about going back to a dumb phone, but at this point​
not having a smartphone would be problematic for work.

All that said, I'm starting to learn how to make films with the​
iPhone. It's thrilling that I can carry around so little equipment​
and get such good results. 
  

    
i think the photo essay by eric p., with ppl with their iphones​
blanked out, is very telling.

my 'silicon valley truth and rec' conference program walked the line​
between humor + 'j'accuse..

how can one do that with climate stories? not sure. there is swift's​
'a modest proposal'...
  

    

Funny, "truth and reconciliation" has been on my mind a lot. Not​
about climate specifically, but that's a pretty compelling angle.
  

    
we have thrown around the idea of making the fake 'truth and rec'​
confernce --- a real event.
  

    
just a fun update: in the last 24 hrs the mag had started being sold​
at barnes and noble and we have already sold 100 copies and some​
stores are sold out.

we also got a free one-day ad on the brave browser --- and we are​
officially out of stock for online sales. 2nd printing in the​
offing!

so those of you who have copies --- you now own a collectible 1st​
edition. as can be imagined, we are all jumping all over each other!
  

    
Great news, Paulina 
  

    
i think more than we even realized two yrs ago when we started issue​
#3 that the moment for such a magazine was here...
  

    
Yay!
  

    
Saw that ad for the mag on the Brave browser..way cool and good on​
ya!
  

    
after all this it is frustrating to not get copies out to people who​
are interested. so we went with an initial print run of 5k. not sure​
how long it will take to do a second printing or if the people -now-​
wanting one will still want one in a few months.
  

    
2nd printing in process! yay! hope is to have new copies maybe end​
of nov....

and we are gonna be at manny's sf 12 nov

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/every-day-computers-are-making-people-easier-to-u
se-tickets-1778799871299?aff=oddtdtcreator