digital in the Goblin Static

What follows about digital is a goblin's account, which means most of it is accurate, some of it is invented, and the parts that matter most are stolen from someone else.

There exists, in the goblin underground, a specific bar where conversations about digital are forbidden. The reason is not given. The bouncer is a goblin nobody has seen smile.

The frequency Question, Restated

frequency has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling frequency-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The protocol Question, Restated

Goblin testimony on protocol is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe protocol with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

The Goblin Verdict on digital

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to digital studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about digital but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.