Digital Creative Mugs

Mobile phone has teeth and writhes about. Young man says: 'The animal-noise ringtones are cool, but the vibrate setting is a bit much.'

"Technology isn't making me smarter. It's allowing me to be dumb, faster."

"I don't post selfies because I don't want people to feel better or worse about their looks."

Evolution.

'There's nothing on.'

"If it doesn't happen on Facebook, it didn't happen."

"You be the moral grandstander and I'll be the politically incorrect troll."

Barcode Dreams

Weird things I do because of the internet

"The low-res JPEG of Dorian Gray"

Proud of herself for "never owning a tv" Emily watches eight episodes of a mediocre tv show on her laptop while in bed.

"Why would I want to meet Santa? I can just go home and log onto his social media page from the comfort of my bed."

'Okay, found you. Now let's open the 'Review' link...'

"And to my nephew, Todd, I leave my 27 Twitter followers."

"Analysts warn that computerization of the villages won't give the expected results!"

Geek fairies

"I've given up on the novel. There's more money in writing inspirational memes."

"You are running low on cloud storage space. Please upgrade your account to continue."

"Where have you been? This content's not going to create itself."

Lies/Damned Lies/Social Media

"Swiping won't cut it sonny-boy, you have to physically walk to the next painting."

"It's not an actual hotdog, but digital ownership in a picture of an actual hotdog."

'I love this street...it's so real man...'

"It's been hell since you went into animation."

"Perhaps in my next life I'll be a jpeg."

Robot Painter

"Lori, I can’t talk right now — I’m right in the middle of updating my dog’s Facebook page."

'Mom says finger painting was digital art before computers.'

"No, I don't play. I just watch people play on the internet."

'Who said romance is dead? I just downloaded a screensaver with red roses and chocolates for your PC!'

"Welcome back to the We Were Bored and Had Nothing Else To Do podcast."

"I've got a better view on my smart phone."

"What's most exciting about NFTs is the opportunity for dynamic new content."

"But I brought you here so I wouldn't have to play with you."