Web 2.0 marks the turning point in culture, ideology and human psyche in recent history. Multiple studies point to Web 2.0, “announced” by Tim O’Reilly in 2004, as the inflection point for sharp increases in depression, anxiety, demographical divide, and many other issues of the times.

This is my first attempt at recording my new Enya Nova Go, and it has to fittingly start as a tribute to “Don’t Treat Me Bad” from Firehouse, the song that originally ‘converted’ me to rock. The iMac mic “cancelled” the distortion noise erratically, so I had to use my phone instead.

Copyright law began with good intentions, but enforcement requires effective legal representation, which is out of reach for most individual creators. Corporate power, conversely, is at an all time high. Media companies, which now include generative AI companies, will do their utmost to exploit individuals, and can bring on as much legal representation as needed to do so. Finding a solution will be hard. A controversial and probably over-simplistic idea is to limit copyright duration (eg. 14 years?) when the holder is not a human (eg. a corporation), thereby limiting corporate power?

We are increasingly dependent on software applications in modern life. The pressure is on for relentless change, driven by market forces and “UX”. The discipline of universal design is all but forgotten.

I read a touching poem written by the (then)10-year-old Ben Giroux in 2016 about his experience with autism. In my head, the words seemed to synch almost perfectly with an instrumental tune I wrote as a teenager, called “Reflections of Yourself”. It hasn’t seen the light of day since then, so before I forget, here is a quick recording of the tune with the poem, for Ben’s approval. Read about Ben’s poem here: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/odd-n… I dream of a day when the world sings along with Ben!

I was jamming with my friend Elliot on the bass, but kept messing up the original lyrics of “Don’t Stop Believin'” because I just “Don’t Get The Meanin'”.

Then I kept hearing of people saying after a dose of media, they stopped believin’ in vaccines. The ianstrumentalist does what the ianstrumentalist does.

Want to be more attractive?  Just disregard your privacy.  No one finds us as attractive and pays as much attention to us the marketers who use our digital shadow.  But it does come at a hefty price.

In these interconnected times, what would we do without the internet, the web, and social media?  Should we not know a little more about it?

Visual communication is a language.  What is its vocabulary? Where did it come from?  Who invented it?  A particularly dull endeavour some millennials “can’t even…” is watching iconic old films.  I’ve paired a few of them with an equally iconic song worthy of imitation – Jessie J’s Price Tag, for three and a half minutes you’ll never get back.

An urgent public service announcement to counter dangerous fake news regarding incorrect use of bleach.  #dontdrinkbleach