Hello again, Medium
You and I know each other from before, but I’ve been busy for the past two years building an online magazine, so I haven’t been coming around much. Recently, I’ve returned to focus on my own tech and culture column, called Words of David Blue in Red in the spirit of my explicit and indiscreet blasphemy, which I now plan to distribute and continue on Medium within my “personal publication,” Red Letters.
Who are you?
I have bestowed all of my titles upon myself: Editor-in-Chief, Auto Journalist, and now Tech Columnist, but I have a particular perspective of authority in the subjects of media, cars, and technology that has compelled me through two years of uniquely entertaining arguments and observations. (I find them to be, anyway.)
Ironically, it’s my film criticism that has been received most positively, in spite (or perhaps because) of my total cinematic illiteracy.
Here’s some of the film writing I’ve brought over to Medium so far:
- “Johnny Tsunami VI: Separate, But Equal”
- “Stairs, Wiggling”
- “‘Mom and Dad’’s Discrepant Defense Against Stale Industry and the Population Problem”
- “Three Billboards Outside Silva, North Carolina”
Just a few weeks ago, I wrote a whole bunch about the strangely dark intricacies of Solo: A Star Wars Story but — as you’ll likely note from the description of In Red — my pet subjects are best summed as “the divisions in class and culture between the roles of industry and consumer as they manifest in business, academic, and communal transactions across geography and time.”
Most recently, I’ve written about the tedious intricacies of word processing (so much that I think I’ve definitively ended all discussion on the subject for the forseeable future,) Google as our neo-God, and the deeper significance behind the release of the iPhone 8.
Coming within the next few weeks: Is Chuck Klosterman cool enough? and Bandcamp: Our Silent Hero.
To address any doubt or accusations of self-obsession regarding this sub-branding, I must ask you to consider the fact that everybody’s doing it. I’ve long found the notion of Medium publications curious but completely unsuited to the kind of publishing I’ve wanted to do. However, the platform has undergone its fair share of changes within the past two years, and I’m interested in writing about its experience — as reader, member, and publisher.
What does all of this mean?
From now on, I’ll be distributing each new column here on Medium, though they’ll always look much better on Extratone, and I will always strongly recommend you read them there instead.
Any and all feedback will always be welcome — don’t be afraid to drop me a line on Medium, Twitter, or Extratone’s Discord. For more information, stop by bilge.world.
