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If you are reading this, you have probably seen Pepe the Frog before. You know, that little green b*stard that’s been terrorizing every conceivable social media...
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Social media were originally created as a tool used to stay in contact with friends and relatives, to get everybody updated on your life in just...
Continue reading...Is Online Education the best we can do?
The COVID 19 pandemic has affected most sectors worldwide but the education sector is one of the most vulnerable sectors and the worst hit. The United...
Continue reading...The Earth has a Deadline: The Climate Clock
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The CAPTCHA: A Discriminating Time-Thief
The internet. Seemingly endless information in perpetual forms, awaiting my fingertips to press the button. What I once saw as only a toy and object of...
Continue reading...#IKDOENIETMEERMEE – consider the source, please
It is just sad that many of you, who read my blog post, don’t speak Dutch. Though, I hope that you have encountered the baffling videos...
Continue reading...It’s all about interactivity in the 21st century
I don’t know how many of you are using Tinder or other kinds of dating apps, considering how risky can it get to have a simple...
Continue reading...Emotions for Likes: It’s Good for Business
Written by: Akif Aliyev The year of 2020 in many senses has been a year of reflection. Not just for me I believe, but for all...
Continue reading...Define: “Too Much” Media
**flashback to 2005, Malaysia** When I was in my early teens, my mom would yell (yes, yell!) at me for spending too much time on the...
Continue reading...The digitalisation of armies
Warfare has changed more in the past century than it did in the previous 500 years. The First World War saw the maiden use of tanks...
Continue reading...From the Salon to Instagram: How Quarantine Changed Our Consumption of Art
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“It” Economy: Pets Online
September 25, 2020 The corona virus has extreme negative impact on the global economy. But one industry seems almost not to be influenced at all —...
Continue reading...Google – The World’s Brain
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Digital Detectives – Crime in the Digital Age
This blog post contains non-graphic mentions of murder, kidnapping, and child abuse. Detective work was already complex and multifaceted before the digital age and the presence...
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Privacy and COVID in South Korea
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He boiled for your sins: on Pastafarianism
Written by Aurora E. L. Turkenburg By popular demand: a blog on Pastafarianism, also known as the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (the FSM).
Continue reading...Trust and Technology: The Problem of Fake Reviews
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Leiden Heritage
One of the benefits of the digital era is that the past is more and more accessible in digital applications. In this blog I want to...
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