A blog about digital inclusion
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Website Update
My old website template was out of date and unsecure so I had to update change it to the default WordPress theme.
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Learning about Linux
Really brief – learn everything you need to about Linux / GNU operation system and privacy tools. Not everything, but something to start. Introduction to Linux Privacy Tools
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Take It to the Streets
This is what I spent my summer doing. From there website: University of Toronto Scarborough, in partnership with community partners, hosted two-day digital story workshops for resident-led initiatives identified by community partners. Participants scripted, narrated, designed, and directed short stories that serve as a window into their lives and experiences and tell stories of Scarborough…
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Operating Systems
For years, I just continuously upgraded my Windows operating system, avoiding the poorly developed one. At work, we install and use a Linux distribution (Mint) on most the computers we sell. I’ve dabbled with Ubuntu in the past. For a month or so I was using a Chromebook as my travel machine and now I…
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Video School
I’m always on the look out for online tutorials that freely available. Vimeo’s Video School is good starting place for people looking for tips and explanation for most of the technical aspect of creating videos. From explaining different camera shots to how to storyboard to why pre-production is important, these short articles are written in…
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Refurbishing
I’ve recent had slight career switch, moving from instruction into social enterprise full-time. I’m now working with Free Geek Toronto, a non-profit social enterprise that recycles and refurbished computers with open source software and give employment opportunities to those facing barriers to entering the work force. There’s a large managerial component to this position, but…
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e-learning
One of the advantages of hosting my own website is being able to experiment with a variety of tools, specifically those available for free (or low-cost). Without an upfront cost, I tried Drupal. It was incredibly difficult to use without any training so I deleted it (also didn’t need content management system YET). After taking…
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Getting Organized
I’m currently updating how I organize my classes, workshops, and training sessions. For a while, I was trying to do everything digitally, and it worked well enough but now I’m looking into a hybrid system using notebooks and digital records. I don’t want to duplicate my work but it’s sometimes difficult to get to a…
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Taking Pictures
I’ve been reading through some of the articles on NPR’s Editoiral Training website and this one about taking better pictures with a smartphone really caught my attention. Then there’s one about open copyright, which was also really interesting. And telling me how create a visual story? While these articles don’t directly relate to digital storytelling they…
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Analytics
So, if you found this by searching “Ryan Fukunaga” then simple SEO plug-in I’m using has worked! Now let’s see if I can do anything with this traffic…
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