by Julian "Tony" McGinn | Mar 30, 2022 | Article, Pop Culture
You’ve probably seen it and you probably hate it. It’s corporate art style, and it was originally developed for Facebook, but is now in use by just about every other big tech and start-up out there: Google, YouTube, Airtable, Hinge, Uber, Lyft, GrubHub, and Airbnb, to...
by Julian "Tony" McGinn | Mar 23, 2022 | Article, Pop Culture
Remember Vine? Vine, owned by Twitter, was a social networking platform and video hosting app that ran from 2013 to 2016, and although its official Twitter archive was wiped in 2019, you can still find massive Vine compilations on YouTube. The thing that was unique to...
by Julian "Tony" McGinn | Mar 16, 2022 | Article, Pop Culture
Last year, you probably remember the inexplicable viral popularity of “The Wellerman,” a sea shanty sung by TikToker Nathan Evans. It exploded across social media and spent two weeks at #1 on the UK Charts. But when I first heard it, I immediately questioned its...
by Julian "Tony" McGinn | Mar 9, 2022 | Article, Films, Pop Culture, Television
MSTies rejoice! The Gizmoplex is almost upon us! You might recall that in 2017, Mystery Science Theater 3000, the cult classic from 1988, finally came to Netflix. It had two star-studded seasons with appearances by Felicia Day, Patton Oswalt, and Neil Patrick Harris...
by Julian "Tony" McGinn | Mar 2, 2022 | Article, Comics
If you’re a fan of comics and enjoy reading them digitally, then you might be (understandably!) upset at ComiXology’s latest update. I myself enjoy reading comics the analog way: with a book in my hands. But for many, digital comics are more practical. They’re less...