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Living wireless: Day one without my cellphone
EIC February 3, 2017This is the first in a week-long web series that documents Preethi’s day-to-day experiences while forgoing a relationship with her cellphone. Check back daily for the next post. My phone is my lifeline. I stay in touch with my parents who are two oceans away, I share pictures, Snapchat my friends on the go, access my emails, write down my thoughts on my notes app, and share moments of my day-to-day life with others. My mother, on the other hand, thinks it’s a life problem. So, when my editor asked me to write a seven-day series where I don’t use…
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Dawn of the pointless texting lanes
EIC July 13, 2015Maybe some of your remember earlier this year when SFU released this year’s addition to its annual April Fool’s gag — a YouTube a video depicting hallway ‘traffic’ police, separating and maneuvering distracted texters through the ‘slow’ lane, while urging…
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