The Weakest Link(edIn): How I fixed my LinkedIn in a few simple steps
I first created a LinkedIn account in 2012. Like many people with many social media accounts, I created it and then left it dormant for years. I would update it sporadically; perhaps changing a phrase or two, but never giving it the full-on rewrite it needed. I knew it was a bad representation of who […]
Book Review: Invisible Women
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men Caroline Criado Perez (2019) Digital Tattoo Rating: 5/5 1 2 3 4 5 Leave it on the shelf Give it a skim An informative read Would give to a friend A must read!!! Very few books horrify me. There was a horror […]
IPAC Winnipeg 2019: Good Government in the Digital Age should be about the User
Digital is not just about technology. It’s about how we think! – Hillary Hartley, @hillary This quote by Hillary Hartley from her keynote at the 71st Annual Conference of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC) in Winnipeg, Manitoba illustrates the importance of technology, good government and the digital ecosystem to everyone, including students! […]
Back to School Safety
Ah, September. The beginning of a fresh academic year. Hopeful students both incoming and returning will be flocking Canadian campuses over the next few weeks armed with new notebooks (electronic or otherwise) and reinvigorated aspirations for the coming twelve months. It’s an exciting time of year, but it’s also a time of year when it […]
What to do When You Lose Your Wallet i.e. Everything
A few weeks ago, I lost my wallet and that felt like losing my entire life! As the hustle and bustle of a new term begins, this is likely to happen more often to more people. While we all hope a kind stranger will help your wallet find its way back to you, this article […]
Making the Switch to Open Source
As we all increasingly become aware of privacy and digital safety issues, many of us want to be safer online but this is often hampered by the convenience versus safety battle that comes with this choice. One of the ways to improve on your digital safety is opting for open source software alternatives but more […]
How to Protect Your Digital Identity Based on Your Zodiac Sign
We all can do more to protect ourselves online, but sometimes it can be difficult to know where to start. To help you out, we’ve come up with simple steps each Zodiac sign can take to increase their online safety. Let us know if your sign’s advice speaks to you, and let us know how […]
Clear: Convenience is in the eye of the beholder
It seems like something out of a James Bond film. A man in a suit walks through a bustling airport. He approaches a small blue box placed next to a door, and leans in. The box scans his iris, which matches it to a custom binary code that connects his iris and fingerprint with his […]
What Does Gender Have to Do with Digital Identity?
How does gender affect our experience of the modern, digital world we live in? Online spaces reflect offline realities with the added consequences of permanence, a wider audience, and increased visibility. We all have our different digital challenges and experiences but gender brings an added layer online just as it does offline. There are various […]
Report from RightsCon: Queerness and the Politics of Visibility
Hi, my name is Jamie Duncan. I was incredibly fortunate to represent the Digital Tattoo project at RightsCon 2019, the world’s largest conference on human rights in the digital age, in Tunis, Tunisia. I learned a ton and was asked to share some of this with the Digital Tattoo community through this blog post. […]
