The CTV Olympic Consortium (disclosure – I work for CTV) has really gone above and beyond in their coverage of the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. So much so that even the New York Times has noticed in a recent article:
“Everything live,” he said. “Watch what you want, when you want, how you want, and provide experience on TV, V.O.D., online, mobile and in theaters. We’ve combined the live component Canadians are familiar with from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation with NBC’s high production level.”…
“People shouldn’t have to change their media consumption …

At the 2008 edition of Nuit Blanche this year, some of the artists that participated were not sanctioned.  While in the dog park at Trinity Bellwoods, I heard that there had been a guy who had climbed up a tree and that at midnight he was going to light the tree up wiht Pixie dust.  As luck would have it, I happened to be there at that time.  There were about 20 people gathered around the tree, and the artist began climbing the tree, in the pitch dark.  Being a …

I am lucky enough to be able to attend mesh 08, Canada’s premier web conference, as a contributor to the MeshTV group today and tomorrow.  Keynote presentations were given by Ethan Kaplan, Warner Bros. Records Head of Technology, and Dr. Michael Geist, one of Canada’s most outspoken defenders of Internet privacy, and a professor at the University of Ottawa.  Both were excellent and I suggest catching highlights on the MeshTV channel on mdialog.  The highlight of today for me was the Video is Everywhere panel, with my boss, Andre Gaulin …

Back in 1993, I was visiting a friend’s condo, and on the way up decided to show the girl that was riding the elevator up with me what happens when you press the STOP button in the elevator and jump at the same time. Apparently I thought that this was a great way to impress women. This was, in fact, a very bad idea. Although the vertical height I achieved in that jump was truly amazing, it was not worth being stuck in the …

Daily I judge myself based on how I compare to my personal hero – John (J.D. to me!) Roberts. It’s nice to see that even TV news reporters have their bad days (but not J.D.!)