Abstract (in English)
First written and published in 1996, the unrevised form of this essay now comes across, in
certain respects, as ancient history – a function of the notorious acceleration of cultural and
media development since the explosive growth of the Web after 1994. And yet, it chiefly
describes a productive engagement with writing in programmable and, latterly, networked
media which dates back, in my own case, to the late 1970s, an all-too-human, rather than
silicon-enhanced, historical context.
(Source: Author's Introduction)