Highlights from NXNE 2009, held June 17-21 in Toronto: Continue reading
NXNE 2009
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Category Archives: canada
semester of distinguished speakers
Attended a few noteworthy talks lately: Continue reading
NXNE 2008
NXNE took over the city these past few nights. The North by Northeast Music and Film Festival ran from June 12-15 in Toronto, boasting the title of Canada’s #1 festival for new music. 500 bands, 50 venues, 25 films.
mobile phones in canada
Apparently I am somewhat of an anomaly amongst my peers. I am 22 years old, an undergraduate university student (in Computer Science no less!), a city dweller, and I refuse to use a mobile phone. Continue reading
net neutrality & the history of broadcast technology
Humanity Lobotomy – Second Draft
This is a video pertinent to the issue of Net Neutrality, which includes some well-explained words from World Wide Web inventors, as well as some archival footage relating to the history of mass media communications: a good introduction to the matter in case you are not following the stories. Continue reading