Well, Me. My name is Shawn Day and I am a PhD student in the History Department at 
So, another Steve Jobs/Apple keynote over and the hype of the advance pundits leaves one feeling a might let down. This is the first keynote that I can recall that sparked mainstream news coverage in advance. I was watching my local news station this morning and they gave Steve & Co., at least 30 seconds of air time in anticipation (admittedly of things iPhone). I can remember when introduction of machines that would go on to become incredibly successful (the phrase ‘insanely great’ wafted through my memory for a second) didn’t rate coverage outside of technology media as recently as two years ago. It only took Apple 30 years to achieve this.
On the upside, I am writing this on Safari for Windows and so far am very impressed. The anti aliasing is finer than FireFox and the screen-render speed is somewhere in the vicinity of where Steve claimed it would be - blazingly fast. Colour me pleased with it thus far. I really like the little things that you note, such as the browse button behaviour and better indication (an icon and title) that the file you uploaded is linked to. These are nice touches.
Read the complete article… »
I attended a very informative and thought provoking presentation by Peter Baskerville at the University of Guelph today. He postulates that the
shift in wealth from men to women during the period 1860 - 1930 was of similar magnitude to that of the land grab by European settlers from native Canadians. His presentation was based on material from his forthcoming book “Silent Revolution: Wealth and Gender in Canada, 1860-1930.” Baskerville’s work in this book, as in past, rests on his impressive use of cutting edge quantitative analysis and synthesis of census data with other official records. His impressive record of articles, books and edited volumes has shed new light on the life of ordinary Canadians during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Read the complete article… »
Recent Comments