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Software as a Serf: The Prologue
May 6, 2021
Introductory Remarks Initially, today’s post was to be part of my series called The Good Products, where I review products that have served me well....
Consumption Diary #24
May 4, 2021
A key part of this challenge is to record a weekly consumption diary. This will both hold me accountable to readers of this blog, and will allow me to think...
Personal Window Shopper
May 3, 2021
I think one of the reasons I am so drawn to large affiliate marketing platforms is because, even though my Nothing New Challenge precludes me from purchasing...
How WordPress Secretly Turned Bloggers Into Affiliate Marketers
May 2, 2021
When discussing affiliate marketing, I noted that some of my chagrin with the practice is that affiliate marketers often posture as objective reviewers, but...
Happy May Day, And Its Cursed Alternative
May 2, 2021
Happy May Day (or International Worker’s Day)! I’m a worker, and I celebrate workers. May Day is an excellent day to remember the sacrifices the labor...
Consumption Diary #23
April 28, 2021
A key part of this challenge is to record a weekly consumption diary. This will both hold me accountable to readers of this blog, and will allow me to think...
Two Readings Against Blockchain
April 21, 2021
It’s nice to have a simple point-of-view. Some complex cultural phenomena like the narrowing of the middle class require detailed explanations,...
Consumption Diary #21
April 21, 2021
A key part of this challenge is to record a weekly consumption diary. This will both hold me accountable to readers of this blog, and will allow me to think...
When is Prime Day?
April 19, 2021
The answer is, we don't know! Amazon's seasonal sales event doesn't have a fixed date. It used to be held in July, was held in November last year, and this...
Consumption Diary #20
April 13, 2021
A key part of this challenge is to record a weekly consumption diary. This will both hold me accountable to readers of this blog, and will allow me to think...
Everyday Life (Seeing Like An Affiliate Marketer Part 10)
April 9, 2021
In the 1950s, Henri Lefebvre proposed that romance novels so shaped our collective understanding of love that an anthropologist could exactingly study our...
Three Analyses of the Deal Round-Up (Seeing Like An Affiliater Marketer Part 9)
April 7, 2021
Rhythmanalysis Prelude on the Rhythmanalysis Henri Lefebvre proposed the existence of two types of rhythms in modern life, the cyclical and the linear. Every...
Consumption Diary #19
April 6, 2021
A key part of this challenge is to record a weekly consumption diary. This will both hold me accountable to readers of this blog, and will allow me to think...
Meets An Immovable Object (Seeing Like An Affiliate Marketer Part 8)
April 2, 2021
Product reviews constitute the most popular mode of cultural criticism. Susan Sontag suggests as such: film reviews, she alleges in "Notes on Camp," serve as...
Consumption Diary #18
March 30, 2021
A key part of this challenge is to record a weekly consumption diary. This will both hold me accountable to readers of this blog, and will allow me to think...
Consumption Diary #17
March 23, 2021
A key part of this challenge is to record a weekly consumption diary. This will both hold me accountable to readers of this blog, and will allow me to think...
Ownership and the NFT
March 23, 2021
In 2015, when I was in the middle of transitioning from an art history major to an econ major, I told one of my comp sci friends that I thought of Bitcoin...
How Do Affiliate Marketers Assess Themselves? (Seeing like an Affiliate Marketer Part 7)
March 17, 2021
All other works in this series have been my interpretation of the affiliate marketer as a cultural phenomenon. Yet, as initiatives of large corporations,...
Consumption Diary #17
March 17, 2021
A key part of this challenge is to record a weekly consumption diary. This will both hold me accountable to readers of this blog, and will allow me to think...
Go Outside And Pick Up A Rock (Seeing Like An Affiliate Marketer Part 6)
March 17, 2021
I have claimed before that affiliate marketers have a habit of inventing problems where none exist in order to recommend products that might solve them. The...
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