Yesterday, in the mail, I received a very small envelope in the mail containing the TTC Subway Rider Efficiency Guide that Sean Lerner was kind enough to send over. I know I’m known for excessive use of superlatives, but in all honesty, this guide is perhaps the best thing to happen to the TTC […]
May 2005
Technology and the Social Network
The savior of community in today’s communication technology — or so is the general sense on the web — is the social networking tool. The social networking tool provides a place of sociality (Miller and Slater 2002:199-200) on the web: a place where the real and the virtual meet and the opposition between these […]
Movie of Your Life
Most of you know that Todd Solonz’s new movie, Palindromes, casts seven individual actors of different races, genders, and ages as the lead character Aviva, a thirteen year-old girl on a voyage of self discovery. I haven’t seen the film yet, though I’m sure I will be soon, especially after the phenomenal job he […]
Technology and the Search for Meaning
Most people, when I tell them that I am a blogger, are mildly amused. However, when they discover that I am also a student of anthropology, the same question arises: is the internet, and technology in general, bringing us closer together, or assisting in alienating ourselves from the outside world? Though I am […]