Monthly Archives: March 2009
The Unisex Change Room Debate – the view of a Lifeguard
Written on March 30, 2009 at 6:48 pm, by wunderbar
A couple of days ago, the public was made aware that the City of Edmonton was planning on having a unisex, or communal, change room at the new Queen Elizabeth outdoor pool. This was something I had heard about almost a year ago. The city believes that this is the way of the future, and Read more...
Last.FM no longer free if you do not live in US, U.K., or Germany
Written on March 26, 2009 at 12:50 pm, by wunderbar
Wired.com has an article about Last.fm making the site a pay site outside of the US, U.K. and Germany. According to the article, last.fm is saying they do not gain enough advertising revenue from these countries to justify the cost of the service. From now on, users outside of those 3 countries will have to Read more...
Why the CRTC needs an overhaul – Part 2
Written on March 16, 2009 at 10:58 pm, by wunderbar
This is the second part of my post/rant about the CRTC. You can find part one here. In part one I briefly talked about the protectionism the CRTC takes with regards to Canadian content. I want to talk a bit about how the CRTC handles TV, and how it is really limiting how Canadians can Read more...
Why the CRTC needs an overhaul – Part 1
Written on March 12, 2009 at 10:33 pm, by wunderbar
The title says it all doesn’t it? the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission(CRTC) is broken, and needs to be fixed. the problem is, is that I’m not sure if it can be. For those of you who don’t know, the CRTC is the governing body of all radio, TV, telephone, cell phone, and internet traffic Read more...
Joshua Topolsky on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Written on March 10, 2009 at 7:59 am, by wunderbar
I’m not sure if you know of Engadget.com. It is perhaps the best technology blog on the internet. At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show(CES) in Las Vegas, Joshua Topolsky, the Editor in Chief of Engadget, had the opportunity to meet and interview Jimmy Fallon. Jimmy, in the interview, extended Josh an invitation to appear on Read more...
Twitter and the media
Written on March 4, 2009 at 6:34 pm, by wunderbar
Yesterday Lynda Steele of Global TV Edmonton posted to Twitter asking for suggestions on how the media can effectively use Twitter, and asked for anyone to email her with suggestions to take to a newsroom meeting today. This, along with the recent rush of Edmonton media flocking to Twitter really got me thinking about Twitter, Read more...
