Our Paradoxical Age
If there was a word we could use to define the current times, paradox would certainly have to be a
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The more we get together
As we forge ever-greater connections online to each other and the world of ideas the thinking was that we would
Read moreMy troubled relationship with social media
Do you care about donuts? I did, once. I’m not so sure anymore. I used to love donuts, was passionate
Read moreFrogs, Pots, Blogs and Social Media
Our information landscape has been compared with our diets providing an ample opportunity to compare what we ‘consume’ with how
Read moreThe Power, Peril and Promise of Health Journalism
The Toronto Star, Canada’s most widely read newspaper known for its investigative reporting gifted anti-vaccination audiences armament by using poor
Read moreSane truths in Crazy Town: What Rob Ford’s story offers politics, science and journalism
A new book about Toronto’s (in)famous mayor reveals a great deal more than just a story of man known more
Read moreThe New Zombie
Information is everywhere (and if you live in cities, people might be everywhere, too) and yet the volume of information we see is overwhelmed by what we do not see. Zombies are among us like information and because of that information might be less attuned to what is going on around them. This has enormous consequences and most of it is not good.
Read moreDisrupted Time: Review of Present Shock
Most simply, ‘present shock’ is the human response to living in a world that’s always on real time and simultaneous.
Read moreDefining the New Designer
It’s been suggested that anyone who shapes the world intentionally is a designer, however those who train and practice as
Read morePublic Health and Social Media: Catching Fire From Small Sparks
Public health is regrettably not a field that I often think of when I consider powerful examples of using social
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