I spent a lot of time writing and editing in college, mostly about topics related to technology and culture.
Over time, I think I've moved away from some of my lefty tendencies and become much more pro-technology. In parallel, I've felt more like I want to 'build' the technology rather than just write about it; I want to be in the game rather than on the sidelines. This all said, being a strong writer has helped me immensely in this regard, and I still love the process of researching/interviewing for a piece and putting it together. I also still write a small personal newsletter to friends and family, and various things (like this website!) on occasion. Anyways, here's what I've worked on:
Bylines
Here's all of my (public) writing and interviews from the past few years. Favorites are in bold!
Interviews
2023
- with Josh Citarella, on post-Internet art and online communities (Syntax Magazine)
- with JC Gabel, on George Plimpton, Merge Records, and Doomscrolling (ZINE MUNCH)
2022
- with Josh Glenn, on Hermenaut (ZINE MUNCH)
- with Paul Soullelis, on counterpublics, 'activist downloading,' and the risograph(ZINE MUNCH)
- with @meetmeintranspecos, on two shell, shitposting, and one direction (ZINE MUNCH)
- with Milo Miller, dangerous archives and mail networks (ZINE MUNCH)
- with Annie Rauwerda, on wikipedia esoterica and rogue editing (ZINE MUNCH)
- with Josh MacPhee, re chomsky and the kinko's night shift (ZINE MUNCH)
- with Alexander Star, on academia's gossip rag (ZINE MUNCH)
- with Jenna Freedman, on whether blogs can be zines (ZINE MUNCH)
- with Emily Liu and Jessica Dai, on Kernel Magazine (ZINE MUNCH)
2021
- with Lachlan Kermode, on Forensic Architecture and open source intelligence (The College Hill Independent)
Writing
2022
- On working in crypto after the crash (VICE)
- On Aaron Swartz (Reboot)
- Ameelio, and the limits of venture capital (Kernel Magazine)
- On BeReal (Dirt)
- Gig labor and equity in NFTs (VICE)
- Providence's emerging electronic music scene (The College Hill Independent)
- On ZINE MUNCH (ZINE MUNCH)
2021
- On tech workers jumping into crypto (VICE)
- ConstitutionDAO, a crypto discord that almost bought the constitution (Motherboard)
- Reading David Graeber's Debt (Reboot)
- On commons-based peer production and how to fund culture (Reboot)
- On TikTok, and the optimization of identity (Logic)
- Reddit's WallStreetBets (The College Hill Independent)
- Providence's Shell terminal (The College Hill Independent)
- Burial's Untrue and Mark Fisher (The College Hill Independent)
- SHL0MS and NFT art absurdism (The College Hill Independent)
2020
- On TikTok (The College Hill Independent)
- Lenny Cioe and Rhode Island Political Cooperative (The College Hill Independent)
- Greek life and the tension of abolition (The College Hill Independent)
- CA's Proposition 22 and the future of gig work (The College Hill Independent)
Editing
Founding Editor, Syntax Magzine (03/23-01/24)
With my friends Chia and Anabelle we curated and edited 18 pieces for the first issue of Syntax, a magazine about culture and the Internet we created. You can read more about Syntax here
- Anabelle Johnston, Scroll as Textile: An Interview with Maya Man
- Alicia Guo, a poem:
- Aidan Leitch, Monkey Bar Table
- Jane Freiman, Brest Life
- Lucas Gelfond and Anabelle Johnston, From the Editors
- Iman Husain, Prying Eyes
- Corinne Leong, I'm Gonna Bury You
- Ryan Chuang, Otto TV
- Justin Scheer, George's Promenade
- Angela Qian, Crush
- Will Allstetter, Are You There God? It's Me, the Algorithm.
- Lucia Kan-Sperling, You Never Render The Same River Twice
- Chia Amisola, Landscapes
- Lucas Gelfond, Online Communities and Institution-Building: An Interview with Josh Citarella
- Charlotte Silverman and Coco Kaleel, Gallery
- Cici Osias, Before the Current Captures You
- Ben Brill and Sam Smith, 42ftw
- Lauren Lee, Cups, Bells
Science & Tech Editor, The College Hill Independent (09/21-1/22)
Together, my co-editor Amelia and I published nine pieces. Favorites in bold!
- Lauren Fung, RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT, STRIKE!: Community organizing in the age of precarious work (9/16/21)
- Katherine Xiong, GRAFTING MODERNITY: Reimagining urbanism beyond the smart city (9/24/21)
- Mine Kovavisarach, The Good, the Bad, the Enduring: An exploration of the future of archiving and the limits of human memory
- Kenney Nguyen, The Simple Life: Becoming a Material Girl in a Digital World (10/7/21)
- Lucas Gelfond, Software Reconnaissance: An Interview with Lachlan Kemode (10/19/21)
- Sacha Sloan, Digital Dirty Work: The Human Toll of Facebook’s Content Moderation (11/11/21)
- Mariana Fajnzylber and Ella Spungen, Mycorrhizal Missives: Four letters from the forest floor (11/15/21)
- Saraphina Forman, Choreobotics: Dancing robots, DARPA, and the limits of art as critique (11/29/21)
- Kolya Shields, Anti-Capitalist Community Carbon Capture: How we reclaim green technology
I should note: the Indy always ran left of my tastes, and I left the paper when the staff voted to add "leftist" to the mission statement. Still, I grew immensely as a writer and editor, and love much of the work I did.
Contributing Editor, Kernel Magazine Issue 1 (05/21-09/21)
I edited two pieces for the first issue of Kernel Magazine, Jasmine Sun's take back the future! a progressive case for techno-optimism and Chris Painter's Unstoppable Mechanisms