Johannes Klingebiel
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Johannes Klingebiel
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Designer and researcher. STS & media stuff. Researching Hype. Doing mischief @media-lab.de. Maker of zines. Optimist aus Notwehr. ✨

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I am 50% through… it is *very* male. It's still interesting, and the layout is pretty, but the lack of maintenance and care by women is hard to overlook. Also notable is that Brand has managed to write this whole book seemingly without interacting with any of the academic literature on maintenance.
February 5, 2026 at 3:51 PM
evergreen

Ensmenger, N. L., & Wilkes, M. V. (2016). When Good Software Goes Bad: The Surprising Durability of an Ephemeral Technology.
homes.luddy.indiana.edu/nensmeng/fil...
homes.luddy.indiana.edu
February 5, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Btw, SAAS was developed as the solution to the maintenance crisis of the 50s–70s because in the early days every company ended up writing their own code which unsurprisingly was a huge mess no one wanted to deal with.
February 5, 2026 at 7:25 AM
The Verge's coverage is currently split between the reporting on people fighting for each other, while another group at the other end of the country indulges in increasingly baroque works of technological fantasy.
February 4, 2026 at 9:46 AM
The only thing I am left wondering here is why a robot arm? Why not a vending machine? Or any of the other thousands of already fully automated ways of making coffee drinks?

I am wondering how much this is about performing automation, making it futuristic and explicitly visible…
February 2, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Instagram filters—graphic design edition
January 30, 2026 at 7:44 AM