Handheld has grown from a newsletter into Alberta’s first dedicated media arts magazine. It is distributed nationally and twice annually to members, arts organizations, institutions and interested individuals. The magazine keeps Calgary’s media arts community informed about events, activities and contemporary theory, ideas, and social arts activism. It provides a forum for the discussion of current issues and concerns, and a venue for relating information about workshops, equipment and policy changes within EMMEDIA. This issue features essays by Tomas Jonsson, Noel Begin, Lia Rogers, Amy Fung, John Grzinich, Dermot Wilson, and Lia Rogers.