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Shadows and Code

A phantom world unfurled itself before my eyes each time I awoke, humming a siren song of illusion with an enchanting, relentless rhythm. Synthetic avian creatures with algorithmic plumage sang their coded songs against a neon-flecked expanse, fluttering in the virtual breeze carrying a meticulously curated scent of an ever-summer. This illusion was my reality, a meticulously devised construct that has become my incontrovertible truth.

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Interactive Story
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Paths: An Existential Game of Choice

Interactive story design has been on my goals list for a long time. Finally, today, I’ve done it. I’ve taken the leap. Picture the classic text-based games of “choose your own adventure,” and you’re on the right track. As a learning designer, I see Twine as a golden opportunity to weave scenario-based learning into narratives, placing the reader at the helm of the story’s outcome.

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Essays
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Language, Power, and Creation: Exploring the Radical Language Poets and Cybernetic Writing

Language, in its most fundamental sense, is a mechanism for communication; it is a medium through which we articulate our thoughts, express our emotions, and connect with others. Yet, when we take a closer look, language is so much more. It shapes our worldviews, influences our identities, and reflects the evolution of our society. The richness and depth of language make it a fertile ground

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AI
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A cybernetic writer’s musings

Every day, as I sit in the gentle hum of the machine, bathed in the ethereal glow of the screen, I realize that I’m not just a writer; I’m a pioneer, charting the course of a revolution. Cybernetic Writing isn’t merely a tool, it’s a philosophy, a celebration of our collective intelligence. It’s a testament to the resilience of the human spirit, our inherent desire

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Essays
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Extending reality

The digital cocoon was spinning around me, forming an increasingly intricate structure of glowing web lines, each pulse of light carrying a new fragment of the world’s collective knowledge. I was in the Metaverse – a fusion of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality technology, a web so wide and so deep, it put the spiders of the ancient rainforest to shame. Our new containment field,

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Essays
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Machine Dreamers

I. It’s Alive! Behold: creation’s new architect! Mechanical minds breaking free, birthing ideas in silicon wombs. Avant-pop, meet artificial intelligence. AI, the new Picassos, the new Shakespeares, the new Beethovens of the 21st century. II. Electric Monets Pixels on a screen, a digital canvas. Algorithms painting landscapes of the mind. Generative adversarial networks (GANs) duel, artist versus critic, a symbiotic dance. Colors, shapes, and forms

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