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gordon gow

@gagow

Professor, Interim Director, Media and Technology Studies, University of Alberta 🎓

 edmonton
mact.ca
Joined March 2009
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Hey @NAIT how come we can’t get a refund for a continuing ed course when your instructor is a no-show … twice!
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As Canadian wildfires rage, Facebook's news ban reveals the importance of radio theconversation.com/as-canad… via @ConversationCA
As Canadian wildfires rage, Facebook’s news ban reveals the importance of radio

As Canadian wildfires rage, Facebook’s news ban reveals the importance of radio

Social media has been vital for disseminating information during crises, but with Facebook’s ban of news in Canada, old-school media, especially radio, is critically important.

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Analog.
Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) profile pictureMassimo
@Rainmaker197319 Aug 2023
The Leroy lettering kit was intended for technical artists doing things like machine parts diagrams and architectural drawings. This is the scriber, which works with 3 arms teapaw.org/Levandov_1/status/1692…
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I’m waiting for the solar-powered laser beam guitar.
Laughing Squid (@LaughingSquid) profile pictureLaughing Squid
@LaughingSquid1 Jul 2023
Building a Gas Powered Electric Guitar laughingsquid.com/gas-powere…
Building a Gas Powered Electric Guitar

Building a Gas Powered Electric Guitar

Mattias Krantz attempted to build a gas-powered Flying V style electric guitar using a four-stroke engine and a quite a bit of welding.

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RIP Cormac. Re-read The Road about a year ago and then, or now, as a parent or whatever, it hit me with such a complex range of emotions; it hit way different this time. I thought about it for months after.
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Seeing the Sun Again is now available! The new album is now available on all streaming services. I hope you enjoy it. We had fun making it! View On WordPress tmblr.co/Zyv9jhdKGwlgei00
Seeing the Sun Again is now available!

Seeing the Sun Again is now available!

The new album is now available on all streaming services. I hope you enjoy it. We had fun making it! View On WordPress

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Me, arguing with AI-based Marshall McLuhan on hot and cool media. c.ai/p/77A9ZMp9l57zykXk9uZJL… #characterai
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Check out Dr. Geoffrey Rockwell's recent article in The Conversation, "ChatGPT: Chatbots can help us rediscover the rich history of dialogue". theconversation.com/chatgpt-…
ChatGPT: Chatbots can help us rediscover the rich history of dialogue

ChatGPT: Chatbots can help us rediscover the rich history of dialogue

The rise of AI chatbots provides an opportunity to expand the ways we do philosophy and research, and how we engage in intellectual discourse.

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Plugging my new album. Coming out soon. I’m fishing for listens, likes, and follows 😃
SELKIRK RANGE (@SELKIRK_RANGE) profile pictureSELKIRK RANGE@SELKIRK_RANGE21 Jan 2023
The new album - coming February 3 View On WordPress tmblr.co/Zyv9jhdG54MwSu01
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Join us on February 15 for the Mastodon Introduction Workshop! Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM Location: Digital Scholarship Centre, Multipurpose Room - 2-20 Cameron Library This workshop is open to faculty, staff, and students and advanced registration is required: ow.ly/VPo050MqN8G
Image from MACT at UAlberta (@uaxMACT)
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Also got a piece this year in ⁦@EPLdotCA⁩’s wonderful capital city press anthology. It’s a McLuhan remix and as promised (but not requested) there is now an audio version for your Morse code entertainment capitalcitypress.wordpress.c…
the written word spells out in sequence what is quick and implicit in the spoken word.

the written word spells out in sequence what is quick and implicit in the spoken word.

by Lucas Warren This is an exploration of both found and concrete/visual poetry. It is part of a larger series I am working on to try and interpret Marshall McLuhan’s book Understanding Media…

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My new album, Seeing the Sun Again, is coming soon! Pre-order here, or follow me on Bandcamp to find out the moment it’s released. selkirkrange.bandcamp.com/al…
Seeing the Sun Again, by SELKIRK RANGE

Seeing the Sun Again, by SELKIRK RANGE

10 track album

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Sneak preview from the forthcoming album Sneak preview from the forthcoming album The new album is coming soon. I’ve been working with Colin Noel at Electric Treehouse in Edmonton on a collection of 10 tracks that will be available on the... tmblr.co/Zyv9jhd6983Iau00

Sneak preview from the forthcoming album

Sneak preview from the forthcoming album The new album is coming soon. I’ve been working with Colin Noel at Electric Treehouse in Edmonton on a collection of 10 tracks that will be available on the...

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Link to UA masto works but not one I pasted in pointing to m s t d n . c a Even trying to post this with just that domain fails.
gordon gow (@gagow) profile picturegordon gow@gagow18 Dec 2022
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This story is crazy
Charles Hymas (@charleshymas) profile pictureCharles Hymas
@charleshymas15 Dec 2022
TikTok exposes children to suicide content within three minutes of them joining the social media platform, an investigation has found. @MariaMillerUK @NadineDorries @PeterWanless telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/12…
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