As mentioned in an earlier post, one of the problems that our department has struggled with over the past seven or eight years is the massive decline in student enrolments in our Computer Information Systems applied degreee and our Computer Science university transfer program. This year for the College's Open House for new students, I put together a series of posters that tried to put a friendlier spin on our two programs.. [More]

A new report entitled "Outlook on IT Enrolments" has been released by The Information and Communications Technology Council of Canada. [More]

A portion of my lecture on the Instrumental Theory of Technology from my course COMP 3309 - Computers and Society.. [More]

A portion of my lecture on the Substantive Critique of Technology from my course COMP 3309 - Computers and Society.. [More]

A portion of my lecture on Technological Rationality from my course COMP 3309 - Computers and Society.. [More]

A portion of my lecture on American Progress from my course COMP 3309 - Computers and Society.. [More]

A portion from the first lecture from my course COMP 3309 - Computers and Society. In this lecture, I begin with a short presentation introducing some of the themes covered in the course. I've provided the slides used in this presentation.. [More]

This summer and fall I've been doing a lot of contract programming work in Windows Forms using Microsoft's Virtual Earth control.. [More]

This presentation is given to our first year students during our Orientation Day in the first week of classes. It is entitled 18 Ways to Fail Your Courses. [More]

This July my family and I flew down to Florida to stay with my sister-in-law a few hours south of Tampa Bay.. [More]