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Marshall McLuhan: Philosopher-Poet or Prognosticator?
Peggy Curran of The Montreal Gazette asked me, Charles Acland and Will Straw about the legacy of Marshall McLuhan. This is what I said.
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James Gleick’s The Information
My review of James Gleick’s new book, The Information, recently appeared in the Globe and Mail. Like all good storytellers, Gleick begins in the middle, with Claude Shannon …
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Artists as RADAR: McLuhan Reading Poetry
McLuhan’s notion of Artists as RADAR underlines the importance of art not only to media studies, but to culture in general.
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Parallel Kitcheners
A list of suggested names for Berlin, Ontario, during the period before it changed its name to Kitchener, including Mechano, Hydropolis and Industria.
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Imaginary Media: TEDx Waterloo 2010 (video)
My TEDx Waterloo 2010 talk on imaginary media, featuring Spock’s Science Station, the Difference Engine, Reed Richards, several pneumatic tubes and a cat who may or may not be in the box.
