In what appears to be a post directed only to CBC employees they are asking for ideas to improve CBC news as part of the ‘CBC News renewal process’. My first thought is that if this is meant only for employees it shouldn’t be on Inside the CBC – which is available to everyone (inside…
madelocal.org for local products
In order to be environmentally friendly you are supposed to buy local. This doesn’t just mean local produce but local everything (or at least as much as possible). The basic idea is that the less shipping and transport that is required to deliver a product to your home the lower the carbon footprint of that…
CBC’s Best of User Generated Content
The CBC, like most news networks, have opened a door for people to send in ‘newsworthy’ pics and videos. This is, for news networks, a tremendous source of free content. Most people who submit ‘user generated content’ are unaware that some of the truly ‘newsworthy’ videos and pictures are actually worth money..be aware. Anyway, someone…
For When You Need Xmas Music, but Don’t Want to own Xmas CDs
Relatives coming over? Short on holiday tunes? CBC Radio 2 has your back – if you can run music from your computer, Radio 2 has a whole whack of Christmas concerts you can pop on. Choirs and orchestras and more erm..’contemporary’ music, regardless there is a bunch. Have a listen at http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/blog/2008/12/23/christmas_concertson.html.
Christmas With Evil
I got this bit of Christmas cheer from Maylee Todd who will be releasing her first solo work at some point in 09 (finally!). After spending part of the afternoon out and about on Dundas West, seeing people who are almost homicidal with holiday joy I thought I’d pass it a long. It’s like ‘It’s…
Torontoist is Un Cancelled
Much thanks to Julianna Yau for the tip: David Topping, Editor-in-Chief at Torontoist announced today that due to overwhelming public support Torontoist isn’t going away after all. “…a lot has changed for the better in the past week and a half, and a lot now seems possible for the site’s future that wasn’t before. And…
New Feeds Added
Another batch of new additions to publicbroadcasting.ca’s aggregators this morning. Band Blogs Andy Swan Glenn Nuotio Jill Zmud Whale Tooth Music Blogs Juicebox.com CanBlogs Things That Go Pop!
Juicebox.com: PWYC Record Label Launches
On Saturday, December 20 Toronto’s newest record label and the first (as far as I know) Pay What You Can (PWYC) record label ever launched at juicebox.com. It’s first release JuiceBoxDotComp includes tracks from Gravity Wave, Saint Alvia, the Wooden Sky, Spooky Ruben, PDF Format and more than a dozen others. It is available for…
Very Sick Four Year Old Wants More Christmas Cards
This is normally outside the areas covered by this blog but, tis the season. Four year old Hanna Garman or Ephrata, Pennsylvania is suffering from a rare, incurable brain tumor. She is currently bed ridden and her activities are severely limited but she has asked for Christmas cards, lots of them. More information about Hannah…
Tell Mr. Ignatieff to Block Arts Cuts
So there is apparently a big stimulus package coming from Ottawa. The general guestimate at this point is that it will be around 30 billion dollars with money for auto makers, forestry, oil companies, and just about everyone else. I’ve pointed this out multiple times already but, beyond it’s many less tangible benefits arts and…