In late March I heard a story on CBC’s The Current about a scientist who studies a pod of sperm whales in the Caribbean. One of his main areas of focus is how sperm whales communicate. Through observation, the scientist…
Category: Social Media
Bumble BFF
Online dating app Bumble recently started offering matching services to find a BFF [best friend forever] of the same sex. Bumble works similarly to Tinder, except that women make the first move, once a match is made. After completing a profile…
Digital Emphasis & Weighting
One thing I’ve grown to dislike about social media is the way in which it alters our perception of what makes something important. When we are offered only a few bits of information, for example on somebody’s online profile, it…
Memory Maker
Earlier this month, at a friend’s house, she read aloud a notification from Facebook informing her that at this time, on this date one year earlier, she had been at Bar X watching Band Q. It made me think of how…
The Dying Art of Friendship
Earlier this year I stumbled across an article from 2012 entitled “Friends of a Certain Age: Why is it Hard to Make Friends Over 30?“. As I get older I find that my definition of friendship has been adjusted to…