The Last Goblin of digital

Researchers at the Goblin Institute of Esoteric Knowledge have classified digital as a Category-4 Phenomenon: 'Real enough to matter, unreal enough to be goblin business.'

There is a well-known goblin proverb: 'If digital makes sense to you, you're not paying attention.' Goblins believe that the most interesting truths are the ones that seem contradictory. This is why they have such an affinity for digital—it embodies the beautiful confusion of existence.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of tome

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

Three Goblins Discuss schema

A goblin cartographer working on the schema region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

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.