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News and analysis about digital innovation in the cultural industries (note: this was the original mission statement for Cybercultural, before the pivot to web history in 2023).
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The Mobile Internet, Then and Now
Looking at the state of the mobile internet, present and past 📲 Why? Partly because Facebook wants its metaverse to be like the mobile internet.
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Richard MacManus
Loneliness in the 1990s Compared to Today 😔
Thoughts on a pre-internet era. Plus notes on Wordle, Pono, Twitter's algo, Facebook headwinds, and more.
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Richard MacManus
Looking at Web3 Through a Cultural Lens
Web 2.0 developers continue to be skeptical of Web3 and crypto. But that doesn't make it any less fascinating to dive into 🤿
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Richard MacManus
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Would You Like Fries With That NFT? 🍟
Twitter, Facebook and McDonalds go all-in on NFTs.
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Richard MacManus
What NFTs, the iPhone Launch & David Bowie Have in Common 👨‍🎤
Experiment your way to the future — how I'm looking at NFTs, with thanks to the iPhone launch of 2007 and David Bowie.
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Richard MacManus
Social Networking — Past, Present and Future
What Instagram 📸 and FarmVille 🐄 tell us about where social networks are headed.
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Richard MacManus
Top Internet Tech Stories of 2021
From the metaverse to an orb that scans your retina and pays you cryptocurrency in return, these were the tech stories that defined 2021.
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Richard MacManus
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