For the last couple of years, Toronto has been trying to implement the Presto card, an electronic payment system that is intended to eliminate the need for cash, tokens, tickets, and passes when taking public transit. Other benefits include being…
Category: Digital Dilemma
New Age Learning
After years of talking about learning Spanish, and two failed attempts at teaching myself with an app, I finally registered for Spanish 101 this semester at a nearby college. In the first class I was pleasantly surprised to see the teacher…
Reality News
I remember how people really seemed to grieve in 2009 when Walter Cronkite died. He was often referred to as “the most trusted man in America.” From 1962-1981 he was the anchor for CBS Evening News. During those years, his…
Speaking in Emoji
I can’t help but notice how common it is to use emoji (maybe even instead of punctuation, gasp) to express emotions, along with a whole host of other things. The Merriam Webster online dictionary defines emoji as: “any of various…
Implied Consent
I’ve become leery of attending events because it’s becoming normalized to give my “implied consent” for the host to use pictures/video of me as an attendee. For example, in December 2016 I attended an event at the Royal Ontario Museum [ROM]…