When social media goes astray

Recently in the Toronto news there has been a fair amount of traffic around the issue of social media and the TTC. The media has managed to make a mountain of a molehill and managed to distract the union and it’s head Bob Kinnear from the issue at hand. That however isn’t what interests me. [...]

Limited social networking

What would happen if you created a social networking site, but limited people to 5 friends? The problem with Facebook, anyone can tell you, is people from your past contacting you (and you wished they wouldn’t) or people who are really only acquaintances friending you and blasting you with inane Farmville requests. And the truth [...]

How Iranians can change the rules of democracy

When I look at what is currently going on in Iran, I cannot help but think of Tienanmen in that spring of 1989. In both bases the populace was attempting to send a message to it’s government about what it wanted. However in 1989 China was able to effectively shut down all communications within it’s [...]