The future is now
Should we disappear under the deluge of information, or risk the implications of personalized results on the internet? (Photo by Josh Fraser) Have you tried hunting for information about Ukraine […]
Life, love, and Siri
In 2003, dour magician David Blaine sat in a plexiglass box high over a London street for 44 days. Blaine was suspended alone above crowds of curious onlookers. It must […]
Sea change: Big things afloat at Dal
In a quiet corner of the Studley campus, nestled between Shirreff and King’s College, some of Dal’s most exciting research is taking place. Dal has punched well above its weight […]
Re: “An argument for technology: Why a cyborg society is beneficial”
I would like to contest the claims made in Josh Fraser’s article ‘An argument for technology,’ printed in the Jan. 11 edition of the Gazette. The article states that technological […]
Inter-journalism
The 21st century—the epoch of technological revolution—has given rise to a uniquely modern style of journalism. Current event stories used to be the domain of those with formal journalistic education, […]
An argument for technology
Technology has forever changed the world. The burning question is whether or not it has been changed for the better. The divide between tech fans and old-school traditionalists is not […]
My phone can do what?
I find myself thinking “the future is now” while writing the 2013 at the top of my notebook. There’s no denying it, either—technology has become a crucial part of our […]
Background music
I’ve been writing a lot about how recent technology has changed almost everything about music lately. I’ve talked about how it has affected the radio, how it has affected the […]
The Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree
In our supposedly brilliant and technologically advanced modern age, we’re expected to be constantly innovating; we are meant to be perpetually critiquing and evaluating new ways of being connected faster, […]
All-access pass
Whether you blame Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker for creating Napster, the recording industry for jacking up their prices, journalists and media representitives who leak albums, or the blogs that […]