Located at John and Richmond St. in downtown Toronto, the National Film Board’s Mediatheque centre is an inspiring place. You can check out all kinds of short films, animations and documentaries. Once I took a group of students there for a field trip. The presenter was amazing – it was one of my favorite [...]
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Once upon a time, in the days of university when I was going to school, and playing in a rock band, and booking shows, and doing some fanzines and graphics work, I bumped into a friend of a friend. We exchanged laughs and email addresses. His email address was unforgettable. It was “ican@ucant.com”. I had [...] Recently I was considering renewing my subscription to Kaspersky’s Internet Security Software after getting a freebie year on a promo disc. I had been happy with the protection I got. Prior to that I had used Zonelabs’ Internet Security Suite for a number of years. A friend uses Norton by Symantec but I always suspected [...] I have been doing this blog quite a while – I just reached the amazing mark of 50 posts! Some blog nearly everyday but I tend to post about twice a month so it’s taken about two years to get to this point. I’ve learned quite a bit along the way and I’d like to [...] I have just launched the “Radio Coco Remix” site and released the “Coconut Radio” video on YouTube. I refer to the site in the context of an “open source remix” project. Perhaps that’s a bit oxymoronic an expression – by nature the idea of the remix involves taking the stems or bed tracks of a [...] It’s no secret that the Internet is a vast repository of virtually any and all kinds of information. Recent stories about Facebook retaining our info after we delete our accounts makes me hopeful that Canadian and American authorities will reign in the behemoth. What you currently post in cyber space may well continue to cycle [...] Recently some clients and students have expressed interest in creating their own blogs. They’ve asked me how they should go about it. It seems I often start with a recommendation to consider using WordPress. It’s the most common blog software and it can also be used to host a static traditional website. I’ll run through [...] |
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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