Taking a cab ride home from a friend's Christmas party, my friend Nadia and I took some time to chat about the nature of our selves. Nadia wondered to me that perhaps we have preconceived notions of ourselves that we cling to, many years after we've formed them. Are those notions of self still valid, or more delicately, useful, so many years after they were constructed?
Read MoreNo one's got a crystal ball, but given what we do know, the future of encryption (and all the technology which depends on it) looks grim, thanks to You-Know-Who. Read all about it in my latest article for OpenMedia (header art by yours truly): The Future of Encryption Under Trump.
Read MoreLast month, on the same day, several HP printers suddenly stopped accepting 3rd-party ink cartridges.
The cause was more sinister than you might think, and raises the question: What happens when built-in firmware makes your devices work for their manufacturers first, and for you second?
Read MoreToday I was lucky to be able to attend a public consultation by The Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, a multi-partisan parliamentary committee tasked with examining Canada's national security apparatuses, and related issues such as oversight. I prepared a short spiel on encryption which, I hoped, would pack as much rhetorical punch as possible into about four minutes.
Read MoreSo today, after being called at on the street by a stranger, I've finally hit my breaking point on the word "ginger"
Read MoreMy latest blog for OpenMedia.org is the culmination of lots of research, several interviews, and a week of furious writing. I interviewed the parents of four families to find out how they navigate the difficult and complicated matter of parenting alongside modern technologies like video games, snapchat, Facebook, and YouTube.
Read MoreMy latest blog at OpenMedia.org uses the freshly-declared war between Facebook and AdBlock Plus as a framework for the discussion of ad-blocking software: and why its necessary to protect our privacy, our computer security, and frankly, our sanity!
Read MoreSometimes, in a quiet moment, I’ll try to deconstruct all the influences which helped to form my socio-political views on how society should endeavour to function.
Read MoreOnce upon a time there was a bakery: West-Rose Bakers.
Read MoreIt's known to most of you as "blue", but that designation doesn't nail it. After all, people say that the sky is "blue", or that their pale, bluish business shirt is "blue", or that navy uniforms are "blue". So there's no point in me saying "blue", because you won't get what I really mean. What I mean is #0000FF.
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