Category: Blog
The Case for Owning Your Digital Life
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I’ve spent most of my life on computers, and I would definitely consider myself a digital native (I’m typing this sentence on the iPad software keyboard, in case that helps you put me on a scale). My history with technology I love technology, and I first discovered its immense power for connecting people when I…
WordPress block support is coming to mobile!
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I’ve been waiting for this for months, since I heard that WordPress was working towards a better editor that let you really customize what you want your posts to look like. For the time being, you need to be on the WordPress mobile beta, but the feature will be released publicly in a little over…
‘Drop the Soap’ Jokes are SO Weird
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This time, the subject is the treatment of males who are sexually assaulted, and their portrayal in pop culture. It is truly unbelievable how pervasive this ‘joke’ trope is, and to me it is equally bizarre how this trope persists even today.
FaceTime is fixed!
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Update is out. iOS 12.1.4 fixes the bug as well as another security issue that Apple found while auditing the code for FaceTime. Group FaceTime has now been turned back on (for those on 12.1.4 or higher).
FaceTime Isn’t Broken
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On Monday night (January 28), talk of a serious Group FaceTime bug hit the internet in a big way.
Things I’ve Learned in 5 Years as a Public Servant
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At the start of 2018, I celebrated my fifth year of service as a federal government employee. I’m a *very* different person than I was back in January of 2013 when I first started working at NSERC, and a big part of these changes relate directly to things I’ve learned working in government. A part…
The ‘Time is Money’ Continuum
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When you’re a kid first getting their allowance, you would spend literally all the time you had in order to get literally any money.
How Language Makes Politics so Divisive
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We don’t realize just how much the words we use directly affect the way we think (and the way our brains work).
Football is Killing its Players
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For the last few years, as evidence has been mounting about brain injuries befalling NFL players, I’ve found it really hard to separate the violent aspects of football I tolerated from the jaw-dropping highlights and strategy I enjoy so much.