information architecture & critical history of software (PhD research) in Toronto

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Quinn DuPont studies the critical history of software technologies, focusing on metaphysical, historical, and political issues. He has recently been studying the history of email and developing an argument about the modes of production for software development. Quinn is currently a MITACS Enhanced Accelerate PhD Fellow and iSchool PhD student in Toronto, Canada.

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  • Difference and Repetition
    Difference and Repetition
    by Gilles Deleuze
  • From Taylorism to Fordism: A Rational Madness
    From Taylorism to Fordism: A Rational Madness
    by Bernard Doray
  • Questioning Technology
    Questioning Technology
    by Andrew Feenberg

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Tuesday
Dec082009

Gunshots by Computer, the rewrite (Media Defender and sabotage)

I’ve extensively rewritten my Gunshots by Computer essay from a few years ago. It still has some problems, but I’ve cleaned up the rhetoric quite extensively, so I hope it now reads with considerable more ease. Any comments can be directed to this blog post.