Category: creative contributions to society
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iBooks, eBooks, and Episodic Writing
Apple announced a new version of iBooks for iPad on Thursday, focusing on how it can deliver inexpensive textbooks to students. It’s being pushed as a revolution in education, but does the same update have applicability outside of the classroom? Aside from the (often gimmicky) interactive widgets and other benefits of electronic books, they offer…
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#Shorterfilms and Being Trendy on Twitter
For the past two years, I’ve been on the board of the London Short Film Showcase. One thing I’ve been doing is running contests on Facebook and Twitter to promote the event (next Saturday at 7pm! Come!). On Friday, I posted this pair of tweets: I figured a few local people would enter, which would…
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London Ontario Zombie Walk 2011
Yesterday was a beautiful day for London’s fifth annual zombie walk. I know I promised last year that I’d dress up this year, but, like, stuff is busy. I did at least get a chance to go snap some pictures, as per usual. Here they are…click for bigger. It’s always a highlight when the zombies hit…
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