words etc - musings on digital memory

an essay in four parts on the topic(s) of digital memory, memory prosthesis, life caching and the archaeology of memory.

  1. the hard disk as me [january 2004]
  2. life caching & digital memory prosthesis [september 2004/june 2005]
  3. other ideas: fictional and potential (Memex etc.) [in progress]
  4. further ramifications: format wars, obsolescence, hacking, losing your library, other cyber-punk crimes and vices [in progress]