Island in the Net by Khürt Williams
Technology and Photography Musings. Established circa 2000.
The topics covered here didn't fall into one of my usual categories.
This is what American big tech could be working on instead of “how to increase advertising revenue by data-mining personal information”.
A retired Royal Marine suffering from the degenerative Parkinson’s Disease. Watch the moment his world was changed forever after undergoing a life-changing therapy for Parkinson’s using Technology pic.twitter.com/amODSeE8IJ
— Kevin W (@kwilli1046) October 11, 2018
My favorite: pic.twitter.com/QtDLGN7P8S
— Jesse Miller (@SecOpsWarrior) October 14, 2018
An Instagram account called @insta_repeat recently surfaced showcasing collages of images from different photographers that are nearly identical. With so much content flowing through the veins of the internet and social media, repetition seems to have programmed most people to create what they already know is visually appealing. In short, there seems to be a lot of copycatting, whether intentional or subconscious. Here are some of our theories behind this unfortunate deterioration of unique image creation.
Ok. So maybe my Instagram images aren’t so special. Except, maybe they are.
