A colossus striding over a walled town

Submissions

What we're looking for, and how to send it.

When deciding to embark upon a joint venture, it is best to find a direction that interests a wide array of parties and approaches consensus. Predicate to this is a moment of idea-gathering, net-casting, divination, adventure-planning, and lots of looking into the horizon and dreaming of things yet unseen. That is the process we would like to embark on together through this journal. Following in the footsteps of academics, philosophers, and their ilk; we call upon you to submit thinking, writing, and artwork that reflect the bleeding part of the cutting edge, fresh drippings from the zeitgeist, dreams that may in fact be prophecies.

What we publish

Any of these can be written, filmed, or both.

What lies at the beating heart of what it means to care about the world and be good at computers right here right now

Issue One: Using Your Tools

Using Your Tools: what does it mean to put pen to paper, or whatever the hell it is we do. The threshold of preparation and deployment. No plan survives first contact, or does it? Philosophies of what to prepare for. What preparation means. What you are preparing your tools for; and what it means to transition to a new place, and importantly, bring others along with you. (but better?) a dare to use our tools, as lovers of conversing about the best ones

Volaire, The Eruption of Vesuvius
Pierre-Jacques Volaire, The Eruption of Vesuvius (1771) · public domain

What we're after

Short and thoughtful, we are not filling space. Spill your brain. We can help edit for clarity, as long as there is something there. We will read all submissions, so please value our time by not feeding us slop (robot-created or otherwise); and in the same vein, if you are hesitating to think you have something of value to contribute, we implore you to believe you absolutely do

The particulars

Length
Maximum 4000 words, or about 10 minutes of video. A 60-second short counts.
Form
PDF / markdown document / github gist / video (a link to YouTube, Vimeo, or a file we can download).
Rights
You fully own all work. It is published online for free, no ads are run, no money involved (for issue 1 anyway).
Reply
We will reply to everyone by January 1st 2027.

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Got it. We read everything, and we'll reply to everyone by January 1st 2027.