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City Council 101

In politics, Prince George on 5 December 2011 tagged audio, cbc, city council, Daybreak North, municipal politics, Prince George with no comments

With the recent municipal election (and the not-unexpected low voter turnout), I realized something. Even though I now have a pretty good grasp on city politics, it’s in large part due to the fact that I had to teach myself in order to cover city council meetings as part of my job at CBC. If [...]

Becoming Sound Literate

In best of, ideas, social media on 4 May 2011 tagged audio, design, sharing, sound, soundcloud with 2 comments

Over the weekend, David-Noel shared a link which led to this: “Audio is a “Speed-dial to the emotions,” Ljung argued, noting that audio use online is evolving to the point where people are learning not to just ‘read’ sound, but to ‘write’ it too. We’re becoming ‘Sound literate’, he believes.” (Spotify and SoundCloud on the [...]

Prince George's Best Arm Wrestler

In CBC on 8 December 2010 tagged arm wrestling, audio with Comments Off

My parents live near a champion arm wrestler. A few years ago,  I found out that he was training a guy I went to high school with in how to be a competitive arm wrestler. When I found out that he was headed to the world championships after a few successful national runs, I went to [...]

This American Life: 20 Acts in 60 Minutes

In radio on 27 July 2010 tagged audio, This American Life with 1 comment

I don’t listen to a lot of radio from the States, but after seeing three recommendations for “This American Life” in three days, I decided to give it a go. I visited their website and clicked on “Favorites” and ultimately chose “20 Acts in 60 Minutes.” The gist is simple: in the hour-long show, they [...]