lightning posts

#WritingTheInternet: my reflections

Throughout the past several months, I’ve expanded my understanding of what #WritingTheInternet means so much. Although I started this semester out as a blogger already, I learned a ton about this specific method, as well as about all of the other methods of online writing. I started out feeling really passionate about how online writing…

what does a chef look like (according to the internet)?

For my image/GIF search analysis, I decided to try the word ‘chef’. I’ve actually seen and read a fair amount about bias in algorithms in the past, so I was pretty much expecting a whitewashed result. I didn’t think much about gender. First, I tried Google Images, and the results were exactly what I anticipated:…

a sea of macbooks

Judging by these survey results (Section 701), Apple really sealed that monopoly on McGill students’ laptop purchases, eh? From our class tech survey results, I was especially surprised by the fact that one hundred percent of the group uses a Mac laptop. 100%! Not a single classmate who filled this survey out has opted for…