As a kid, I used to love exploring the Internet. It felt like a game of “what is the most bizarre, interesting, funny website that I can find?”
With the rise of social media and recommendation algorithms, and the death of web hosting services like Geocities, the Internet changed. I think many of us are sensing this “sameness” of the the current web, as more folks are drawn to websites like Are.na. I wonder what place folk programming has in the next era of the Internet.
Visit the Community Garden here: communitygarden.neocities.org/
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One ingredient to achieve better health outcomes for youth is something called measurement-based care, or MBC, which is the use of measurement tools like surveys and questionnaires to guide treatment decisions. MBC actually has a lot of benefits, like increasing shared decision-making between youth and their service providers. There’s just one problem: MBC isn’t being routinely implemented at YWHO (or really, anywhere for that matter). Service providers have a lot on their plate already, and sometimes it’s challenging to ask them for more.
But when we did an environmental scan of youth who access services in Ontario, they want MBC. They believe in its value, but just need opportunities to be more involved in the process (“It’s like I just fill out the questionnaire, and poof, I never hear about it again”).
That’s why we worked with a team of youth lived experts to co-design the MBC Pocket Guide to improve MBC delivery for youth across Ontario. Read more here.
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When I was first introduced to Are.na, Good Sign Offs was one of the first boards I contributed to. I was enamoured by this collaborative and algorithm-free platform for collecting and organizing hyper-niche ideas. It felt like all my years of tracking mundane (and perhaps useless) information in spreadsheets and notes apps have prepared me for this moment.
An ode to hyper curation. Video here.
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While “seashell resonance” may be a folk myth, I hold onto this idea, well into adulthood, that a seashell connects me to the same waves my grandmother swam in as a child.
I ran a Python script to convert a .WAV audio file of the crashing waves on the beach in Podgora to binary code. I painted each zero and one on the inside of the conch until there was no space left.
Whether or not you, too, can hear the ocean in a seashell, I think there’s value in holding onto these experiences even when they shift form.
They say you can hear the ocean in a seashell. That was the first thing my Baka said when she handed me this conch from Podgora, Croatia. When I visited Podgora a few years ago, I heard the ocean. I heard the crashing of waves against the pebble beach.
While “seashell resonance” may be a folk myth, I hold onto this idea, well into adulthood, that a seashell connects me to the same waves my grandmother swam in as a child.
I ran a Python script to convert a .WAV audio file of the crashing waves on the beach in Podgora to binary code. I painted each zero and one on the inside of the conch until there was no space left.
Whether or not you, too, can hear the ocean in a seashell, I think there’s value in holding onto these experiences even when they shift form.
Videos here.
While “seashell resonance” may be a folk myth, I hold onto this idea, well into adulthood, that a seashell connects me to the same waves my grandmother swam in as a child.
I ran a Python script to convert a .WAV audio file of the crashing waves on the beach in Podgora to binary code. I painted each zero and one on the inside of the conch until there was no space left.
Whether or not you, too, can hear the ocean in a seashell, I think there’s value in holding onto these experiences even when they shift form.
Videos here.
Videos here.
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In a modern age of computers, do hieroglyphs fulfill a purpose?
We enter a realm of philosophical inquiry where the boundaries of symbol and meaning become blurred. Are hieroglyphs limited to ancient scripts, or can they transcend time and take on new forms in the modern world? In an era saturated with visual communication, where emojis, icons, logos, and road signs abound, one must ponder whether these symbols possess the essence of hieroglyphic expression. Do they encapsulate ideas, emotions, and concepts in a condensed visual language? Or are they purely utilitarian tools devoid of the profound cultural and religious significance attributed to ancient hieroglyphs?
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