#zine

Doug is considering a new zine, tentatively titled Field Notes on Ambient Surveillance, which explores how surveillance has become normalised in everyday life. The zine would examine the ways in which seemingly benign technologies, such as read receipts and location histories, contribute to a culture of ambient surveillance. Doug believes this topic offers fertile ground for a zine, as it highlights the ordinary, yet pervasive, nature of observation in modern society.

Doug is planning his next zine, CW-PUB-002: Interfaces of Refusal, which will explore the design language of refusal in technology, including errors such as 404 and Access Denied. He aims to highlight how machines can hinder our goals and how we often passively accept these refusals. The zine will be the second in a three-part series, following on from CW-PUB-001: Field Notes on Productive Friction.

The note shares a video of an "infinity book" by Rachel Bevan Baker, found through Warren Ellis. The author suggests this format would be a cool way to make a zine.