The story of our lifetimes is how intentionally, by design, a number of institutions – both governmental and corporate – realized it was in their mutual...
Continue reading...October 2019
Gaming friends in a fight against solitude
DestinyTalks Episode 2: Is Fake News Conquering the World?
Welcome to the second episode of DestinyTalks were we explore the realm of Fake News! Join Iman Hasan Slaka, Caressa Betist Thenu and Joseph Palframan in...
Continue reading...Some things never change
For this week’s blog post I wanted to tell a short personal story about how technology changes some things, but doesn’t actually change much. My parents...
Continue reading...About Social Media’s Features Being (Mis)Used To Create Unconventional Entertainment!
I’m well aware that my previous posts have all been rather cynical, so for this week’s post I have decided to briefly present one of my...
Continue reading...Response to my privacy blogs’ comments
Da Vinci robot
In the past many patients suffered from physical complaints after undergoing minimally invasive surgery. The Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) reviewed 423 medical-legal cases consisting of minimally...
Continue reading...Podcasts: Nostalgic or Novelty?
At the age of 20, I am a dedicated podcast listener. I remember trying to understand what the section “podcast” stood for in my dad’s earliest...
Continue reading...Gadgets takeover
Recently, I became more observant of how I use gadgets and digital media. I have noticed some weird habits I have or used to have in...
Continue reading...Socializing on Online Games?
In online games everyone puts a bit of themselves in their character, in a sort of an alternative world, where characters/avatars are alter-egos of real people....
Continue reading...Online harassment: how to protect freedom of speech online
Online harassment censors freedom of speech, how to protect freedom of speech and reduce online harassment without censorship?
Continue reading...Creating history through YouTube
In my article from last week, I wrote about the censorship of historical footage which was uploaded on YouTube. In that article I tried to explain...
Continue reading...From Joker, With Love
I recently saw the movie Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix. I was late in the game, as I just watched it a few days ago when in Europe...
Continue reading...World Cup on the Web
The Immutability of Time
Two times a year, the clock changes. We either get an hour more or an hour less. We’re all so used to this that it doesn’t...
Continue reading...Privacy? What privacy?
Edward Snowden was working as an employee of the CIA in 2013 when he rose to fame for releasing some highly classified information to the public,...
Continue reading...The Pirate Bay and the Hidden World of Private Piracy Sites
I would not be surprised if most of us in this class and our generation know The Pirate Bay by name or have illegally downloaded Friends...
Continue reading...Digital Marketing- Part 1.
Who rules the world? English! Vol.1
Today, I am going to start of my post a bit different. I have a little task for you: think about the last memes your friends...
Continue reading...Through Rain Or Shine
This blogpost is unashamedly inspired by this Last Week Tonight segment on the weather. And, of course, the fact that I’m living in the Netherlands; because...
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