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RIP The Used of Internet in America

Who have heard that in USA, one week ago, the decision of Net Neutrality was announced? I guess that people in America are not very happy about the decision, and neither are we. So the Federal Communications Commission has announced that they will repeal the net-neutrality law next year which was really helpful in the Obama-era. And what does it exactly mean? The end of net neutrality means that you are being abused by internet service providers. Imagine that you have to pay more if you want to browse in Facebook or Twitter. Imagine that you have to pay more to do online shopping by your favourite online store. Imagine that if you want to watch Netflix, the cost will be increasingly high. Eventually, imagine that your life is being controlled by internet providers. The concept of Internet Neutrality preserves human right to communicate and to get information without any extra cost. The internet service providers should provide their customers with open networks. They should not b...

Futuristic Event Us by Night

Us by Night is a three days design and creativity festival which was held in 23-25 November 2017 in Antwerp. Walking through the hall while entering the exhibition, I could already feel the futuristic atmosphere. There were some LED Billboards in enormous size that kept showing constantly changed graphic design. There were 3 stages every hour from 17.00 – 23.25 was full of guest speakers who works at top 60 creatives industry around the world. They would share interesting story about their jobs in design. Besides that, the exhibition was also very interesting to me. The exhibition consisted night market, play arcade games on massive screen, tattoo place, and virtual reality experience. The first panel talk was from Creative Belgium. According to them, design is not about how things look like, design is all about how things work. In this session, they also shared some tips and trick how to get your inspiration and how to be creative. Another interesting story came from Isaiah Toot...