Jesse Hirsh is a broadcaster, researcher, public speaker and Internet evangelist in

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, Ontario, Canada. He has appeared on

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, and has a weekly spot on

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where he explains and analyses trends and developments in technology. He co-hosts an

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show on

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called '' 3D: Dialogue''.

Personal life

Hirsh was educated at the

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at the

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. In 1995, while studying there, Hirsh was arrested for unauthorized use of a computer.''Terminal anarchist subjected to strip-search''

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, November 3, 1995, retrieved December 19, 2015

References

External links

Jesse Hirsh's personal web site

Jesse Hirsh's commercial web site
Canadian radio personalities Canadian television hosts Canadian women television hosts University of Toronto alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{Canada-tv-bio-stub