University Canada West- 181 Conestoga College employees laid off ahead of the holidays - CBC December 18, 2025
- B.C. allocates one-third of international undergraduate seats to private institutions. Here's why that matters - Vancouver Sun November 14, 2025
- B.C. student sues his teachers over plagiarism, judge strikes case - Business in Vancouver November 13, 2025
- Costly Fumbles by a BC College Left Me Stuck, Student Claims - The Tyee November 3, 2025
- University Canada West - UCW Professor Dr. Jafar Heydari Named Among the World's Top 2% Scientists - Education News Canada September 23, 2025
- The rise, fall and rise again of Peter Chung’s private-school empire - Vancouver Sun August 22, 2025
- Scenes From Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Los Alamos Daily Post August 7, 2025
- Nawartoona (نورتونا ): Joy and Resistance–Interdisciplinary Dialogues on the Middle East and North Africa and Decolonial Futures - Simon Fraser University July 19, 2025
- Social Media Policy
- Bad Bunny Makes Shock Social Media Move After Halftime Super Bowl Show - SPORTbible February 9, 2026
- Czech PM backs social media ban for under-15-year-olds - AnewZ February 9, 2026
- No TikTok until sixteen? KZN kids react to the social media ban - East Coast Radio February 9, 2026
- Arguments to begin in landmark social media addiction trial set in Los Angeles - ABC News February 9, 2026
- Social Media 2026: Embracing Stability Over Experimentation - oakhillgazette.com February 9, 2026
- Milton Keynes Central MP shocked by teen phone survey results - BBC February 9, 2026
- Czechia to Propose Social Media Ban for Minors This Year - 조선일보 February 9, 2026
- NU alum Daniel Flores promotes ‘latinidad’ through social media and events for Latino communities - The Daily Northwestern February 9, 2026
Monthly Archives: February 2013
“Acquaintances would be lost. The question is whether that would matter.”
No form of online experience more quickly insinuated itself into my life than Facebook, which I joined at the insistence of a rambunctious, third-year technical writing class back in the summer of 2007. I loved how Facebook “extended” me not … Continue reading
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Tagged communications, facebook, friends, relationship, twitter
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And now, for software completely different. . .
Love Adobe Creative Suite but can’t stomach the price? Looking for a new e-mail client with a feature that’s missing from your current one? Love Omnifocus, but it’s not available for Windows? Enter Alternativeto.net. Alternativeto.net offers, based on user recommendations, a … Continue reading
This Valentine’s Day, show your computer some love
One of the biggest risks to your online security is having unpatched programs. Keeping all your software up to date is no simple task, but Secunia’s Personal Software Inspector (PSI) makes it much easier to keep your Windows PC fully … Continue reading
Easy on the eyes
If you spend as much time looking at a screen as I frequently do for work and play, you’ve probably experienced eyestrain. Lucky for us, Stereopsis has created a nice little free app that makes that screengazing easier on the … Continue reading
Stay secure
One of the best sources out there for security tools, news, and good advice is Sophos, which is based out of the UK and has an office here in Vancouver. Disclaimer: I’m married to a Sophos employee, but I wouldn’t shill … Continue reading
Stanford: Resources for Writers
Stanford University’s Program for Writing and Rhetoric is renowned both for its truly interdisciplinary approach to writing as well as for its adherence to, and study of, formal rhetoric in numerous sectors: forensics, advocacy, public affairs, the arts, technology, and … Continue reading
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Digital Media Governance
As an educator at a Vancouver-area university, I helped fashion the digital-media and online-privacy procedures for its School of Business. My goal was to show how teachers and students could avail themselves of the many dozens of digital-media platforms – … Continue reading