Digital Geography: Regulating Bodies on the Internet
by Nick Thornton Have you ever tried to change your current city on Facebook? Maybe you would like to let your friends know that you now…
Read articleFinding a Tipping Point: When Do People Know To Oust Their Government?
by Nick Thornton This week, MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands, Elizabeth May sent an impassioned letter to Queen Elizabeth II asking for help in restoring democratic checks…
Read articleFostering That “Feminine Side”
by Nick Thornton Occasionally, and probably not often enough, young men are told to embrace their feminine side. So out we go, attempting to be more…
Read articleHow to be a Useful Cynic
by Nick Thornton I will start right off the bat by saying that on the surface and perhaps a little deeper, I myself am a cynic.…
Read articleA Modest Proposal {for Vancouver}
by Nick Thornton It is a melancholy object to those who walk through this great city or travel in the GVA, when they see the streets,…
Read articleWhy There Should Be An Historian In Every Office
by Nick Thornton I was having an interesting conversation the other day with a colleague about history graduates and the kind of work they went on…
Read articleYour Boyfriend Wants To Be Pretty
by Nick Thornton Your boyfriend wants to be pretty. He wants a nice dress (not something garish, at least not for all occasions), he wants a…
Read articleTimeline And How We All Came To Be So Entitled
by Nick Thornton There’s been more than a few grumblings over the course of the summer as Facebook has switched users over from the old layout…
Read articleStart Ups and the New Social Empire
“Engage or die.” That’s the kind of line we’re fed everyday, those of us attending or anyway attached to social media
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What I Learned at the Airport
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by Nick Thornton I was not going to join in on the debate and flurry of activity on the recent school shooting in Connecticut last week…
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