A podcast exploring alternative computing histories and their relationship to society. Hosted by Camila Galaz and Ana Meisel.
Our Friend the Computer
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Podcast Overview
A podcast exploring alternative computing histories and their relationship to society. Hosted by Camila Galaz and Ana Meisel.
Language
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Publishing Since
2/1/2022
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Recent Episodes
December 27, 2023
i-mode and Japanese mobile internet (Mobile Phones)
Ana tells Camila about the flashing success of early Japanese smartphone tech. The girls discuss how the Japanese tech giants of the '90s and early '00s created exceedingly advanced and snazzy smartphone features and how such phones warranted the creation of the "second internet”. Circling the debate around Japan’s “economic miracle”, they talk about the politics and interrelation with the US that came after WW2.Join us over at Patreon for more tech chats! www.patreon.com/OurFriendtheComputer...
November 21, 2023
Fashion Phones and L'Amour (Mobile Phones)
We’re back chatting about the early 2000s Nokia “Fashion Phones”! These phones preferenced a positioning of mobile phones as a fashion accessory, or fashion statement, over technological functionality. Following from the first two episodes of the season, Ana and Camila discuss gendered product design and marketing, aesthetic obsolescence, what “retro” really means, and why Nokia may have had an interest in creating these “experimental” designs in the first place.Join us over at Patreon!Follow...
November 2, 2023
The Real Housewives of Bell Telephone (Mobile Phones)
Although telephones were instated into the home as a business communication tool, the women of the house soon appropriated the technology for “sociability” - checking in with family and friends, gossiping, chatting and connecting with the community. Ana and Camila aptly chit-chat about how this phenomenon became so pronounced over the years that it shaped the evolution of phones and outlined the ways in which we use phones now.Join us over at Patreon and follow us on Twitter @OurFriendComp An...
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