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Last summer, my partner booked us on a novel trip—we traveled to Niagara aboard the “bike train” for its inaugural voyage. It was a cool experience. We arrived at Union Station in the morning, after biking through a misty High Park and along the lakeshore. The press was in full effect, and it seemed half [...] Last weekend we had a pretty great road trip. We drove from Toronto to the Kawarthas and then on to Bon Echo Provincial Park. It was pretty awesome, despite the cold. Our first stop was the family cottage at Head Lake – lots of fun putting in the dock in the cold, wind and rain! [...] Tapscott is a Toronto-based writer who tackles concepts such as digital literacy and the changing nature of technology and society. First of all, you may have asked the question “What is Web 2.0?” There are many terms floating around the “blogosphere” – to use another recent neologism. Blogs for one are a new kind of [...] The finest logo I've ever seen! In my house we congratulate the players with a “molodyets” and routinely root for names ending in “ov” or “in.” Lately I’ve been shouting “Davai Gino!” while my partner urges on “Ovie.” Yes, we are cheering on the Russian players for Washington and Pittsburgh. Of course I feel [...] It’s around this time that I start to think about summer weather and getting out and about, taking some new crosstown walks, tuning up the bike, and generally exploring Toronto as it bursts into spring. The eastern forest of North America is one of the most verdant areas on earth – once it finishes [...] My comp art from TV series "The Wire" I often claim that I’m not much of a TV watcher – aside from a Saturday night hockey game or interesting doc on TVO or Newsworld. Truth is, that all changed when I got hooked on “Northern Exposure” about 8 years ago. I saw almost the [...] Gerald with his award-winning portrait of Setsuko which adorns the cover of their book Last night I attended a book launch and lecture for Gerald and Setsuko Lazare’s amazing new publication “East Meets West.” The Japan foundation is the perfect setting for an event like this – central and elegant in design and ambiance. [...] STIR ws held in the MIST theatre at the amazing Erindale Campus of U of T “STIR is a dance, video & music mash-up party!” No DOUBT! On Thursday I had the pleasure to attend an event which blew my mind for its creativity and originality – it featured the work of Toronto [...] Cross at Finisterre – Robert and Michiko My friend Robert is a writer with a passion for the ‘Camino’ pilgrimage trail in Spain – he’s written books and magazine articles about it – and now he’s going to share his writing and memories of his experiences via a couple of speaking engagements. First up [...] Soviet Poster 1932: "Women's Rebellion against Kitchen Slavery" Though not celebrated widely around the world, today is International Women’s Day and I am writing on the blog to say hello and ‘all the best’ to my women friends, family and colleagues. I wish you all health and happiness. Some of the countries that officially [...] |
Mike Simpson is a teacher, writer, musician and designer from Toronto, Canada. He is a new media enthusiast and has been "strongandfree" since 1996. Mike is working on a hybrid music and video project called "City Symphony" and teaching at George Brown College. Check out Strong+Free for his Design and Media work. Contact him: mike @ strongandfree.ca 
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