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E-mail Poetry

By Jonathan Beilin | Published: January 20, 2010
This piece was sculpted out of a long email thread I had with a close friend. >                 reveals >                 >         >                 >         >     [...]
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DJambalaya introduction

By Jonathan Beilin | Published: January 18, 2010
The first piece is DJambalaya, a playlist creation application for the iPhone that can be used on its own or to control a remote computer.
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On Alan Kay’s Technological Determinism

By Jonathan Beilin | Published: January 15, 2010
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” — Alan Kay Alan Kay’s famous phrase reads as inspirational. I support the spirit of it entirely as it accords with the American spirit, the hacker ethos, the do-it-yourself revolutionary philosophy. It’s comforting and empowering to think that all it takes is some elbow-grease and ingenuity to [...]
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On Hysterical Realism

By Jonathan Beilin | Published: January 4, 2010
As I progress writing my novel, I find that my writing undeniably employs the devices used by the hysterical realists. This comes as no surprise given my literary preferences, yet it is a trait I must acknowledge nonetheless. I will now take a moment to congratulate myself for being sufficiently mature to admit that I [...]
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