Processed World

Publication history

Processed World began publication in April 1981 and was printed on an irregular basis, approximately quarterly to semi-annually until Winter 1992. There were 32 published printed issues.

There have subsequently been three more issues published on the Internet — number 33 in 1995, and two more issues, one in 2000 and one in 2005. These last two issues are numbered 2.001 and 2.005. All of the issues of the magazine are now available online.

Themes

The magazine is about the absurdity and futility of modern employment practices in which a large number of college-educated people are often forced to seek temporary work with no employee benefits. The magazine details the subversive attitudes and sense of humor required for workers to be able to get through the day when forced to perform dull, degrading and boring work as wage slaves doing modern office work such as working as a computer programmer, word processor, call center operator, data entry operator, telemarketer or file clerk.

Contributors

Writers that have had work published by the magazine include founder Carlsson, Manning, Chris Winks, Denis Hayes, Greg Williamson, Jim Swanson, Melinda Gebbie, Jay Kinney, Freddie Baer, and Paul Mavrides.

Many of the magazine's contributors, such as Dan Perkins, e.g. "Tom Tomorrow," adopted pseudonyms to avoid retribution from potential employers.

References

References

1. Silverman, Jacob. [https://thebaffler.com/salvos/world-processor "World Processor,"] ''The Baffler'' (July 2014). Retrieved June 6, 2018.
2. [http://www.processedworld.com/home.html Processed World home page:]
3. Jamie Beckett. (January 20, 1998). "Activist Looks At S.F.'S Fabled Past "Shaping San Francisco" Is A Cd-Rom With A Purpose". San Francisco Chronicle.
4. Carlsson, Chris. [https://notesfrombelow.org/article/processed-world "Processed World: A Political History,"] ''Notes From Below'' (June 8, 2019). Originally from ''Logout'' #7. Retrieved June 17, 2019
5. [http://www.processedworld.com/History/history.html "History and Themes,"] ''Processed World'' website.
6. Paolo Pontoniere. (March 24, 1997). "Cyberculture. The Cd-Rom By The Bay". Los Angeles Times.
7. "Processed World magazine". libcom.org.
8. Tom Hodgkinson. (July 22, 2006). "Idle thoughts". The Guardian.
9. (December 1992 – January 1993). "Tomorrow Never Knows". Mediafile.
10. [[Ted Rall]],Morley, Madeleine. [https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/processed-world/ "1980s Mag Processed World Voiced Resistance to the Digitalization of the Workplace,"] ''Eye on Design'' (January 23, 2018). Retrieved June 6, 2018.
11. Thomas Murray Saté, [https://www.freddiebaer.com/20-questions-for-freddie-baer-1993-interview-with-thomas-murray-sate/ "20 Questions for Freddie Baer"], ''Edinburgh Review'' #89 (Spring 1993).