Almost as soon as photographic technologies were invented, users were attempting to find ways of manipulating photographs. Double-exposure photography arose very quickly after the birth of photography, but post-editing came later. Stalin-era 'photoshopping' is one of the most famous examples of early image-editing. Stalin employed a team of photo-doctors to paint, cut, crop and retouch... Continue Reading →

The Memex is a concept created by Vannevar Bush, which is acknowledged as one of the first conceptualisations of modern computational devices. The Memex worked by creating trails through word/theme associations within files/documents. If This, Then That (IFTTT) is a piece of software (available as an app or web-based program) which forms connections between different... Continue Reading →