I was challenged recently by someone who questioned why anyone would care about the Podcasters Across Borders conference. The individual’s claims suggested that PAB is a small and insignificant player in the conference circuit, offers nothing unique and was too late to the social media conference circuit to be relevant. “Besides,” this person added. “I [...]
On Saturday morning, I delivered a presentation called Curiosity Thrilled the Cat. It was part of the PAB09 speaking program and I used it as an opportunity to share the importance of curiosity in all things, particularly creativity, innovation and play — three of the most commonly heard terms among my community of friends, and [...]
It has just been announced that Molson Rickard’s White is a silver sponsor of PAB09. In addition to some money for the conference, they will be supplying the boat cruise with some free Rickard’s White. This marks the first time PAB has had a taste associated with it. Which means that you can enjoy PAB [...]
Hundreds of people gathered for a rally yesterday at Ottawa’s Lansdowne Park. The catalyst for the rally was an unsolicited development proposal from a group called Lansdowne Live. I’m sure the group behind the proposal want to believe they are acting in the best interest of Lansdowne Park and that the citizens of Ottawa are [...]
The amazing schedule for PAB09 has been announced and can be seen (complete with times) on the PAB09 information page. Here is a quick summary of the program: Friday, June 19, 2009 Make Your Camcorder Sing Like a Canary (Paul Lyzun) Keynote (Jowi Taylor) Saturday, June 20, 2009 What Have We Lost? (Bob Goyetche) JOLT! [...]
You can be excited by the way things will be or steadfastly attached to the way things have been. BookCamp TO was about embracing the potential of the book publishing industry and working towards a common understanding of the challenges that are being faced. And it worked. I believe the success of BookCamp TO was [...]
Before our two daughters were born, we were part of a book club. More accurately, Andrea was in a book club and I attended the meetings with her (because the meetings were pot-luck meals of cuisine related to the theme or backdrop of the book). It was during this time that Andrea told me in [...]
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) released its decision on New Media, today. The commission has decided to extend its exemption of New Media from regulations. Relevant links: CRTC announcement Michael Geist’s analysis
The National Campus-Community Radio Conference is being hosted by CKUT in Montreal from June 7 through 13 and I’m pleased that I will be speaking in a session titled Campus/Community Radio, the Web and Media in the Digital Age at 12:00pm on Friday, June 12. If you are planning on being at the conference and [...]
