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Prince George has a new mayor, and a mix of old and new on city council. As has become customary for election campaigns over the past few years, there were a number of candidates running on the idea of re-connecting with voters, being more accessible and transparent, and having a two-way conversation with citizens. I’m […]

Posted on 21 November 2011 and filed under articles, comments, main, politics, Prince George, social media

It is snowing out there today, and this morning I got an email telling me that the #91 bus in Prince George was delayed. That means it’s time for me to remind all of you that I created a tool that will email, text or Tweet you all delays and cancellations issued by BC Transit […]

Posted on 17 November 2011 and filed under articles, cities, Prince George, transit

I’m writing this as a tutorial for volunteers at CFUR Radio, but I figured I may as well publish it here, too, for anyone who’s interested. Bear in mind this is only my set-up, and I am by no means a pro podcaster. My method is designed to be a) free and b) relatively easy. […]

Posted on 26 October 2011 and filed under articles, how to

How to get married without telling anyone.

Posted on 26 September 2011 and filed under articles, Best Of, comments, main, personal

Things I learned by luck or accident.

Posted on 6 September 2011 and filed under articles, Best Of, how to, main

Kits beach on a Thursday   Last week,  I was down in Vancouver and Squamish. Vancouver while my partner worked, and Squamish for a wedding. In Vancouver, I had the day to myself in Kitsilano. It was a sunny day, so at one point I went to the beach. It was nice and close by, […]

Posted on 5 September 2011 and filed under articles, comments, ideas, Prince George

Originally posted on Google+. —- tl;dr: I’m not going to be posting anything on G+ for the foreseeable future. Follow me on Twitter. The subtitle of this is “for now” because I’m not going to rule out Google+  ever being used. But I’ve been in for over a month, and I’ve posted very infrequently, and […]

Posted on 3 September 2011 and filed under articles, comments, social media

Over  the last couple of days I’ve seen two posts from people whose opinions I respect indicating that putting files in the cloud would soon be a thing of the past. First, Fred Wilson: “I was in DJ Woooo’s Dance/Electro Turntable room last week. I heard a remix track that was super fun. I hit […]

Posted on 10 August 2011 and filed under articles, music, technology

This is a post written out of selfishness. Every day on Facebook, Twitter (and now Google+) I see people posting their “song of the day” or week or moment. And often these are people whose music tastes I like. But more often than not, their linking to a YouTube page or some other independent website, […]

Posted on 5 August 2011 and filed under articles, how to, music, social media

I was interviewed about the Listen Bird today for a student documentary today. It was because I wrote an essay about the Listen Bird a while ago— in it, I said One of my greatest fears is that one day an overzealous downtown beautifiation project will eradicate the Listen Bird’s presence. Yes, he’ll survive in […]

Posted on 3 August 2011 and filed under articles, Prince George

I’m producing Daybreak North today. That sounds bigger than it probably is, since I’m only holding things together for a day, as opposed to actually taking on the full-on management portions of the producer’s job. Still, I’m nervous. And excited. Two years ago, I didn’t know what I was going to be doing. I was […]

Posted on 29 July 2011 and filed under articles, CBC, comments, personal

I’m posting this as a follow-up to the @hotmail.com debate. I’m doing it because I think there are a lot of people who may not realize there are implications of who your email provider is beyond functionality and perception. There’s also the matter of ownership. When your email address ends in a domain owned by […]

Posted on 28 July 2011 and filed under articles, technology

What does your email address say about you?

Posted on 27 July 2011 and filed under articles, Best Of, comments, main, technology

This morning on Daybreak North we played an interview and live performance from the Arbitrarys. This is a band I’ve been covering back since my days at Over the Edge, but it’s the first time we’ve had them on CBC. It could be the last, too, since they’re about to relocate to eastern Canada. They’ve […]

Posted on 21 July 2011 and filed under articles, Prince George

Thesis: Google+ comments are primarily noise, Twitter’s lack of “comments” are a built in filter. I feel like I’ve written about internet things too much lately, and I actually had something else queued up, but this is frankly more interesting to me right now. It’s also timely. It’s about Google+. Feel free to leave if […]

Posted on 18 July 2011 and filed under articles, ideas, social media