Academic and Professional Life
The Digital Tattoo Guide to Remote Communication
By samantha summers on October 12, 2020 | Tagged with Building Online Community, COVID-19, remote work, working online
As the world becomes more accustomed to working remotely and from home, it occurred to us here at the Digital Tattoo that we are something like experts in the area of making workplace magic happen from afar. Since our establishment in 2009, our team has worked together while split between Vancouver and Toronto. With all […]
The Perils of a Digital Student Identity (and How to Cope)
By samantha summers on July 29, 2020 | Tagged with classes, COVID-19, university
Once upon a time, online courses were a novelty. A department might have offered one online course per year, or perhaps a professor might have decided to offer sessions online when they couldn’t be present in-person. In any case, they were rare, and the majority of students at Canadian universities went their whole lives without […]
Guest Post: The Challenges of Live-Tweeting
By Eseohe Ojo on May 20, 2020 | Tagged with academia, live tweeting, livetweet, web 2.0 expo
Guest Post: The Challenges of Live-Tweeting by Victoria Yang My introduction to live-tweeting occurred in 2013, when I was invited to my very first conference as a teenager. Although this was six years ago, I still remember that the email invitation prominently featured one question: what’s your Twitter handle? Delegates were encouraged to maintain an […]
9 Privacy and Security Tips for Working from Home
By Eseohe Ojo on May 18, 2020 | Tagged with COVID-19, Digital Security, Online Safety, privacy, remote work, working from home
We hope that you’re staying safe and healthy, complying by public health rules and regulations, and doing your best to get through these tough times in good spirits. Many of us are going to be studying and working from home for a while even as things reopen. This means that we’re not only closer to […]
Guest Post: What Can You Do About Fake Reviews: The Case of Sunday Riley
By Eseohe Ojo on May 15, 2020 | Tagged with Advertising, Customer Reviews, Fake Reviews, marketing, Sunday Riley
Guest Post: What Can You Do About Fake Reviews: The Case of Sunday Riley by Carmen Wong To buy, or to not buy, that is the question…you check out the customer reviews to see what others are saying, but with so many reviews, both good and bad, to filter through, who do you believe and […]
Zooming Into Remote Working
By samantha summers on April 17, 2020 | Tagged with apps, Online Safety, privacy, Video, Work, Zoom
To quote every single email I have both sent and received in the past month, we are living in strange times. Many workplaces, schools, and friend groups have had their regular activities disrupted, and human contact is (temporarily) no longer an option. With nowhere else to go, the world has turned online. While there are […]
Guest Post: Social Media Lockdown on the Job Hunt: Who is to Blame?
By Eseohe Ojo on March 16, 2020 | Tagged with digital dossier, job hunting, job seeking, Social media
Guest Post: Social Media Lockdown on the Job hunt: Who is to Blame? by Patty Facy It seems as though every millennial who has gone job hunting is aware of the Social Media Lockdown. Close your accounts, hide all mentions of your name, untag yourself from unsavoury photos and content; build a fortress to protect […]
Guest Post: Look at Me! Look at Me!: Instagramming an Altered Version of Ourselves
By Eseohe Ojo on February 18, 2020 | Tagged with Digital identity, Instagram, Online Presence, Social media
Guest Post: Look at Me! Look at Me!: Instagramming an Altered Version of Ourselves By Delicia Ansalem Many young people, myself included, rely on social media quite a lot. As a visual platform, it’s easy to share experiences within seconds, sometimes even over-documenting. Overall, a person’s profile and highlights can say a lot about them. […]
Dealing with Online Hate
By Eseohe Ojo on February 7, 2020 | Tagged with Digital Security, online harrassment, online hate, Online Safety
Quotes in the post are from Dylan Marron unless otherwise indicated. Online Hate takes various forms. It ranges from the slightly uncomfortable to the threatening, but it is never any less difficult to deal with. Digital Tattoo was at the 2020 UBC Student Leadership Conference held on January 11, 2020 and had a booth at […]
Be a Part of Drafting Principles for Digital BC
By Eseohe Ojo on January 29, 2020 | Tagged with Advocacy, BCGov, Digital Rights, Draft Principles, Online Safety
The Digital Tattoo Project was recently invited by the Government of British Columbia to review and share feedback on the Draft Principles for Digital BC and you can too! The Digital Principles in Context These Digital Principles are envisioned to be part of an interconnected set of guidance and standards for all BC Public […]
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