Showing all articles by author: Melanie Baker
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M-Theory: Looking to female leaders of colour for inspiration
15 February 2017 | By Melanie Baker in: Ecosystem, Featured, M-Theory
A look at inspiring women of colour from history and their stories, including the stories of Mary Ann Shadd Cary and Martha P. Johnson. Read more
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M-Theory: The tragic flaw of Doomsday prep
02 February 2017 | By Melanie Baker in:
M-Theory author Melanie Baker explores the idea of wealth and greed in today's innovation-focused society. Read more
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M-Theory: The rise of not-so-smart tech
19 January 2017 | By Melanie Baker in: Ecosystem, Featured, M-Theory
M-Theory author Melanie Baker discusses the advent of "smart" tech, and the problems that come along with it. Read more
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M-Theory: Working for health, working for harm
05 January 2017 | By Melanie Baker in: Ecosystem, Featured, M-Theory, Opinion, Small to Mid Size, Startups
Melanie Baker explores burnout, more specifically within the tech sector. Read more
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M-Theory: The (steep) human price of progress
22 December 2016 | By Melanie Baker in: Ecosystem, Featured, M-Theory, Opinion, Small to Mid Size, Startups
The innovation of technology is painted to with positives, but it is important to know that there is also a price for progress. Read more
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M-Theory: Engagement, anxiety and the lost art of using the telephone
24 November 2016 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
Melanie Baker explores the impact and hesitations of in real life communication versus digital communication. Read more
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M-Theory: Taking out trash isn't sexy, but it's important
10 November 2016 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
Melanie Baker explores the obsession with innovation and the neglect, but importance, of maintenance. Read more
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Save the tech workers ... from themselves
27 October 2016 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
Melanie Baker explores the idea that tech workers are their own worst nightmare when it comes to work-life balance. Read more
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'Smashed pretty good': On desire, distraction and our disposable society
13 October 2016 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
Many devices are not designed to be fixed, and companies like Apple make it easier to just buy a whole new device when one breaks. This lends to a culture of over consumption and waste. Read more
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Stuck in the theatre, searching for an exit
29 September 2016 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
As the US presidential debates unfold, the ways in which we view news as entertainment thanks to social media are becoming apparent. Read more