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*vision
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“The clash of ideas brings forth the spark of truth” —Aboriginal
proverb
In every issue of *spark-online we apply this principle to our
idea that the new world of high technology has not only created
a new "e-society"—it has created a new understanding
of self. We call this new understanding of self, "electronic
consciousness." Technology hasn’t changed only our societies—it
has fundamentally changed us. *spark-online is at the vanguard
of recognising, and attempting to understand this change.
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*spark-online
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Production and Direction
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 Kristopher
Krug - Editor-in-Chief
_ Kris Krug (l: kristopherus krugulus) is a passionate web creature
who rarely emerges from his habitat. Since sightings are rare, moments
with him are generally exquisite treats.
[kk(at)burnkit.com] |
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 Robert
Delamar - Managing Editor
_Robert Delamar is a law student in the Faculty of Law at the University
of British Columbia. Sip coffee for long enough on a rainy afternoon
amidst the haze of Mild Seven smoke in the coffee shop underneath
the JR tracks just off Hachiko Square and you'll soon understand
the meaning of "electronic consciousness."
[rfdelamar@spark-online.com]
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 Peter
Andres - Producer
_Peter has been developing internet content since 1994, and is currently
employed at McAlpine
Design Group as New Media Art Director. He is pretty exicted
that he has found something he likes and even gets paid to do it.
[peter@spark-online.com]
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 Joshua
Dunford - Art Director
_Joshua spends his time drinking tea in the South Granville neighbourhood
of Vancouver, BC. These moments are often interrupted by tending
to his graphic design firm, BURNKIT
Creative Group, across town in a burgeoning new business district
known as 'Railtown'. Joshua is on video in the digital
gallery.
[joshua@spark-online.com]
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 Darren
Anderson - New Media
Strategist and Assistant Producer
_Darren and his wife Catherine are driving across North America
in a 1982 Volkswagen Vanagon for an undefined period of time. He
is hoping to start graduate studies in Natural Resource Management
next year.
[darren@spark-online.com]
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 Kelly
Blidook - Copy Editor and Assistant Managing Editor
_Kelly is the newsletter editor at a fiber optic networking company
in Vancouver, and is currently working toward his MA in Political
Science.
[kelly@spark-online.com]
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 Dean
Dalke - Assistant Managing Editor
_Currently enrolled in the joint Masters in International Relations/
Bachelor of Laws program at the Universities of Ottawa and Carleton.
Dean spent the past year studying German in Nurnberg, Germany, and
headed up an NGO development team working in Uganda.
[dean@spark-online.com]
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 Juli
Strader - Assistant Managing Editor
_Juli dreams of living near the beach in Australia, of wearing
flip flops in February and of sitting in Mrs. Macquarie's chair soaking
in the sunset skyline of Sydney's Harbour. In the meantime, she lives
in Toronto, works at Fashion Magazine and studies at Ryerson University,
while searching for Mr. Right. Yeah, she's a dreamer. |
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 Aaron
Jamison - Assisting Photographer
_Aaron used to hack for team mwm. He soon became glossy-eyed
due to too much time behind the screen. Aaron relocated for quite
some time to Klaipeda, Lithuania. Now, revitalized, he chills on
the cog simply because it's
fun. Aaron studies philosophy and communication in british columbia
and calls Montana home.
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 Chris
Jenkins - Web Developer
Chris Jenkins is an independant Web Developer currently on assignment
to Jabil Circuit. After a seemingly endless stint in the Telecom
industry, he no longer works for any company which will not allow
him to take a nap at his desk. When not jacked into the Matrix,
Chris enjoys painting, playing music, and competitive Civil Disobedience,
often joined by his Beautiful Wife and Daughter. Online, you will
probably find him around one of the following:
Email him at: ChrisJ@spark-online
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Kathie Stamps -
Contributing Editor
_Kathie is a freelance writer and voice-over artist (in advertising,
no less!). She's also a broadcast sports producer and part-time university
instructor. In her spare time she crochets (anyone want an afghan
in your favorite team colors?) and plays "Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire" online.
[spark@spark-online.com] |
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Kimberley May Maurice - Intern
_A young philosopher and writer, Kim is determined to make people
think. She dreams of writing an award winning screenplay, getting
a poetry book published, and falling in love. She is a huge fan
of science-fiction and conspiracy theories. Her idea of bliss is
a tropical beach, a laptop with a cellular modem, and writing from
dawn til dusk (and getting paid to do it) with her best friend sitting
beside her.
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*submission
info
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*spark-online is a community. Submissions to the magazine are
not paid. Nevertheless, our ‘zine is read by and has an effect
upon a global community of readers. Through *spark-online, writers
have an opportunity to reach thousands of passionate people every
day. Our readers are fanatical about what they love and about
what they hate, so prepare to receive lots of feedback if we choose
to run your piece.
Submissions to the magazine should be between 400 and 1000 words.
Please submit your work as an attachment in MS WORD, or as the
body of an e-mail. Please use Times New Roman font (12 point),
and include a short biography of yourself at the end of the piece
(of no more than 40 words in length). Editorial policy will favour
those submissions that are succinct in syntax, and in the active
voice. We do place more value on an editorial-style opinion article,
above a rational, argumentative-style article. We realise that
this is a paradox, given the expressed intent of the magazine.
However, because this publication is about the self and its relationship
with e-society, we feel that a human voice, replete with emotion,
and passion, is preferable to a voice that is more academic in
nature. Also, given the constraints of the medium, an editorial
style article lends itself better to an on-line publication.
Submissions are due on the first of every month, for publication
on the first of the following month.
Please review our posted writer's contract.
Please send submissions to our Managing Editor, Robert Delamar
at: rfdelamar@spark-online.com
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