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James Zhan

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Hi, I’m James, a full-time videographer and video editor at University of Toronto, a YouTuber, a former audio engineer of 10 years, and someone who majored in English and writing, loaded with opinions. This is my personal blog where I write opinion pieces, personal reflections and articles about rabbit holes I’ve gone down, and share what I’m currently up to.

https://journal.james-zhan.com/

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• New Coffee Grinder, New Coffee Knowledge and New Roaster 2026-02-26 11:35am
• I Tried Nespresso for the First Time as a Coffee Snob 2026-02-03 01:34pm
• My Love for Light Roast Coffee | Coffee Questionnaire 2026-02-01 03:49pm
• Failed McDonald Logo and a Lamp With a Clock—What the Hell Happened to Apple’s Icon Design?! 2026-01-17 11:29am
• First Week of RTO in All Its Hilarity (And Some Nice Things) 2026-01-10 10:12am
• Major Blog Redesign (V3) 2026-01-05 06:33pm
• 2025 Was My Least Productive Year, But… 2026-01-01 05:19pm
• How I Accidentally Became a Professional Audio Engineer 2025-12-27 11:59am
• You Will Never See Quotation Marks the Same Way After Reading This 2025-12-25 01:24pm
• Why I Quit Audio Engineering After 10 Years—An Honest Reflection 2025-11-22 11:20am
• What’s in My Inventory? | Bear Blog Carnival 2025-11-18 09:01am
• Google De-Indexed My Entire Bear Blog and I Don’t Know Why 2025-11-07 01:23pm
• Returning After a 10-Month Creative Rut 2025-10-29 05:23pm
• My Thoughts on Affinity’s Changes in 2025 2025-10-19 01:06pm
• We Switched to Signal 2025-10-13 08:04am
• What Does “Citizenship” Mean to You? 2025-10-11 09:41am
• Feeling the Same After Getting Married? That’s a Good Thing 2025-10-09 05:00am
• OPINION: U of T’s Return-to-Office Mandate Is a Step Back on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 2025-10-05 02:56pm
• Em Dash, En Dash, Hyphen: You Are Using Them Wrong the Whole Time 2025-10-04 01:15pm