“As long as I’m alive, imma live illegal” – Mobb Deep Today is International Women’s Day. On this day in post-Soviet Ukraine, my brother was born. On this day, in a Trudeau Canada, my father-in-law died. After months of suffering and an opportunity to say goodbye, he chose medically-assisted suicide. This option was notContinue reading “On living above Jude Law.”
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I started something that I couldn’t finish.
And it’s not just this blog. I am adopting my friend and colleague, Sam Popowich’s, practice of regular writing as a form of thinking clearly through issues, which I hope will help me work toward synthesizing my ideas into research articles in the coming months. However, the very act of writing this post has takenContinue reading “I started something that I couldn’t finish.”
Giving myself up.
I deleted several social media accounts before the end of 2018. Having backed up the data, I first removed the mobile apps on my phone, and then proceeded to deactivate and delete the accounts themselves. I didn’t look back. Similarly, after this holiday break, I was finally able to articulate my long-held inability to relateContinue reading “Giving myself up.”
DLI.
3D and interactive software and platforms
Touch Designer – visual programming language and visual development platform for real-time interactive multimedia content like graphics, creative code and installations IntuiFace – software for creating interactive digital experiences without programming GameMaker – game creation system for cross-platform 2D and 3D games Omeka – free, open source web-publishing platform popular in libraries, museums, archives, specialContinue reading “3D and interactive software and platforms”
Design Thinking workshop.
I recently attended the Design Thinking workshop at Startup Edmonton, which combined ideas from the Stanford’s D-School and IDEO’s approaches to design into one hands-on, 3-hour session, where a complete stranger made me a wallet prototype. Design thinking is not a new concept and comes down to empathetic listening to your customers, coming up withContinue reading “Design Thinking workshop.”
Creative coding/trippy WebGL experiments.
It all started with the Polygon Shredder. Then I discovered a whole community of creative people working with code and artistic expression on the web. I’m viewing this work from the lens of potential digital exhibits for a large touch screen, but they are obviously also incredible demonstrations of interactive technologies and creative coding. OpenContinue reading “Creative coding/trippy WebGL experiments.”
Keystone DH Conference highlights.
Having recently returned from the Keystone Digital Humanities Conference organized by UPenn and hosted in the beautiful Kislak Center for Rare Books and Special Collections, I thought I would put together a list of a few projects that intrigued me for their innovative approach or problem-solving capacity. The conference provided an opportunity for many scholars,Continue reading “Keystone DH Conference highlights.”
On being the little guy building local solutions vs. big vendors.
Everywhere all around me, People they be just be talking All about the camp as if their bike is gonna rust If they don’t begin to pedal, Cause if the rain hits the metal The parts that are wet’ll Corrode if the drops settle. Still thinkin’ about this one.
Access 2013 notes: Rachel Frick’s Closing Keynote.
Rachel Frick, the Director of the DLF Forum and a community builder, gave the closing keynote at Access 2013 entitled “Community, understanding, courage, and honesty”. Her diverse skills, experiences and interests clearly reflected in this uplifting talk, which underscored a few recurring themes in the conference program, and also allowed for a deeper reflection onContinue reading “Access 2013 notes: Rachel Frick’s Closing Keynote.”
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