Global Morning News – August 21, 2009
Here are some links to information Bradley Shende spoke about on Global Morning News August 21, 2009. Some great items for back-to-school that come in under $100 include (From BestBuy):Sony wireless headphone for the transit rider ($99.00)Sony’s Walkman Wearable MP3 player fuses headphones with a 2GB MP3 player into one sleek device that’s perfect for cruisin’ on the bus or skytrain or riding the new Canada Line. Its lightweight... [Read More...]
Bradley on Global Morning News
Global July 31 Summer is often about fixing things around the apartment, house, or cottage. Here are some great sites to help you learn how to do just about anything. http://www.wikihow.com/Cool-Yourself-Without-Air-Conditioning You can participate and actually edit the Wiki entries “One tried and true method is to wet your wrists and other pulse points with cold water, and then keep those spots cool by holding an ice cube wrapped in a face... [Read More...]
Google’s Wave – Microsoft’s Bing – big players, big changes
We’ve started doing a lot more in-house Voice-Over work at Media2o Productions (M2O). It’s really fun stuff. It’s also interesting that just as my recorded voice never sounds the same to me as it does to others – this seems to hold true for others doing VO work too. But, on to the big news – Google announced their latest innovation – Wave – today. Techcrunch has a great write up on it. If it’s half as... [Read More...]
Chief Social Media Officer? Sounds as good as a Chief Blogging Officer
One of the first signs that a new online activity is becoming accepted within business circles is when people start wondering about a “Chief [online medium du jour] Officer”. I’m not terribly surprised that now there is talk of the Chief Social Media Officer (CSMO)–Yes, It’s Time for a Chief Social Media Officer | Mark Evans – Is it time for a Chief Social Media Officer? | Social Business | ZDNet.com. I’m going... [Read More...]
M2O does the helmet projector for Illuminate Yaletown
Yes, I said helmet projector not cam. See anyone can strap a camera onto a helmet and wander around, no that’s not good enough for us. We needed something a little more, um, innovative. Not to mention we really wanted to haul around a portable battery/generator to power a projector… Here’s what we did. Jack connected one of our camera to just a basic projector (a light one). Of course we mounted the projector (with zap straps, though... [Read More...]
Molson wants all Canadians to a part of of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games–2010 Molson Mural
While I might not be the hugest supporter of the Olympics coming to Vancouver, I do like some of the cool things leading up to the Games. Today Molson unveiled, literally, one of the things they are doing to celebrate the Games–The 2010 Molson Mural. Here’s what’s going to happen. Moslon would like Canadians (of legal drinking age, of course) to submit a picture to the 2010 Molson Mural Project and over time the current Mural… by... [Read More...]
Smart journalists tweet while newspapers wrap fish
It’s no secret that I’m into Twitter. It’s also no secret that I strive to think unconventionally about journalism, publishing, and new media. So I had to smile about this post from the editor in chief of Reuters on scooping “himself” (Reuters the wire service) on Twitter:While it is vital to read the five as a whole, I take the fifth (”That no effort shall be spared to expand, develop and adapt the news and other... [Read More...]
Future Vehicle Technologies: The Canadian Designed Electric Sports Car
Tesla Motors has been making headlines with their electric-powered sports car, well I think we have something cooler up here. Maple Ridge-based Future Vehicle Technologies build a gas-powered car called the Alé (think olé with “ah” sound) which gets amazing gas milage (something like 90 MPG), but that was only the prelude to what they have on tap now… The eVaro is a gas-electric hybrid that can hit 200 km/hr with over 135 mpg,... [Read More...]
Jack and Tris seek out cool technology at the mining investment conference
This morning Jack and I wandered over to the convention centre to see what cool new technology we could find that the mining investment conference. Yeah we were a little concerned too. I mean what are we going to find? Giant drills? A new way to dig a hole in the ground? As you can see in this pun-filled introduction we might have been bright-eyed and bushy tailed, but maybe a wee concerned.As it turns out we had nothing to fear because we connected... [Read More...]
It’s video that keeps them there–Bradley talks to CBC about Obamamania
Hey, was there anything interesting going on in the States this week? I’m kidding of course because the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the US was not only huge news in the States, but around the world as well. Social media played a pivotal role in Obama’s election, so it isn’t surprising that social media, and online video especially, would also figure prominently in his inauguration as well. The CBC gave... [Read More...]