Getting involved in technology can be expensive, with everything from space to host your projects to training all costing some big bucks. But as an AU student, there are a lot of discounts available for you in the tech world if you know where to look. Here’s a few of the things I’ve found. Free… Read more »
Group activities can be wondrous and, in theory, so can groupthink. There’s little more inspiring than when individuals come together to present unique and multiple perspectives on an issue or topic. The problem is when groupthink lives up to its name and morphs into an oppressive consensus beyond the bounds of which neither words nor… Read more »
These are the sanest of times, these are the craziest of times. So instead of wasting our time defending (or condemning) leaders, ideologies, and religions, let’s get practical and start placing firm limits on tendencies that are pushing us and our planet into a black hole. Here’s a beginning, inspired in part by Bill McKibbens’s… Read more »
Dear Barb: Help! I’m addicted to my phone, and I hate it! It’s the first thing I look at in the morning and the last thing at night. At least I don’t bring my phone into the bedroom with me at night like some of my friends do. But I’m always checking my phone, even… Read more »
More people are using advertisement blocking software to avoid Internet ads, and many publishers are not happy about it. One company that monitors users’ use of ad blocking software, PageFair, produced a report in 2015 indicating that “ad blocking [was] estimated to cost publishers nearly $22 billion during 2015.” And as the number of people… Read more »
This week, our feature article is an interview with AU’s Dr. Angie Abdou, an associate professor in creative writing and novelist. We’ve spoken with Dr. Abdou before in our Meeting the Minds series but this time, instead of looking at her teaching philosophies we talk to her about her process for writing and her thoughts… Read more »
Sober Second Thoughts on Prescribed Cannabis According to Science Daily, a brand new medical guideline is making the suggestion that family physicians should reconsider the prescription of “medical cannabis to most patients.” The guideline is a simplified version published in Canadian Family Physician. The Project Lead for the Guideline and the Director of Evidence-Based Medicine… Read more »
Getting out into the bush and disconnecting is a great way to recharge. But the disconnection does not need to be complete. I used to love the inability to be reached, there was a sense of freedom in it. When we started looking at SPOT and InReach devices it was for their safety aspect, but… Read more »