A podcast exploring alternative computing histories and their relationship to society. Hosted by Camila Galaz and Ana Meisel.
Sister project of The Media Archaeology Lab at the University of Colorado at Boulder.


Find us on:
Instagram: ourfriendthecomputer
Twitter: ourfriendcomp
Or contact us on ourfriendthecomputer@gmail.com
Graphics by Studio Jetstream, music by Nelson


News!
4 Dec 2023
ephemerMAL Zine #4

We just helped launch the 4th issue of the Media Archeology Lab ephemerMAL zine!

Using an image from MAL's archive "The Myths of Information" as inspiration, we asked the questions

- “what in your daily life are some myths of how technology can better your material well-being?"

- "how do you challenge those myths?”

- using the quote from a 1982 review of the book as an additional guide: "technological innovations should be studied not as simple contributions to material well-being, but as interacting profoundly with the existing culture”

Check out the zine on the Internet Archive <3

29 Mar 2023
Forthcoming Collaboration...

Excited to announce we are working as part of a research group called Superkilogirls with Lua Vollaard! More info on this to come.

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Meet the authors!
Camila

Camila is a research-based visual artist, writer, and experimental filmmaker living in New York.

Ana

Ana is a UK based web developer, produces online tech courses, and runs externalpages.org.