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Spark | CBC Radio : Full Interview: David McCandless on Information Design

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:20:17 +0000

Thanks for the heads up!

Spark | CBC Radio : Full Interview: David McCandless on Information Design

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:19:40 +0000

Yeah, not a great connection for sure. We did experiment with transcripts for a little while, for featured interviews like this. I'll raise it at our next story meeting. thx!

Spark | CBC Radio : Spark 172 – February 12 & 15, 2012

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:20:10 +0000

Hi Michelle, thanks for your comments. I'm sorry you were troubled by Denis' piece. I should say that Denis is a rural Canadian, as we mentioned at the start of the piece; he lives in the area he was reporting from, so perhaps what you're interpreting as condescension is actually self-deprecating humour. That said, we do hear from rural listeners about the problems of connectivity in rural areas, and as you say, not necessarily from people in particularly remote areas. It's something we've talked about on the show in the past, such as in the episodes below: http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2008/09/digital-wish-list... http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2010/10/spark-123-october... http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2010/05/repeat-episode-ma... It's an important issue, and perhaps one we should return to. Thanks again for your comments.

Spark | CBC Radio : Spark 172 – February 12 & 15, 2012

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:18:26 +0000

I loved that too, as was perhaps obvious from my reaction. I just need to slow down!!

Spark | CBC Radio : Full Interview: Abigail Sellen on Total Capture and Human Memory

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:10:40 +0000

Drat; thanks for letting us know. I did flag this problem, per Marilyn's comment above. Will follow up and see what's going on. We've changed some things about our process and - evidently - we're running into more glitches than expected. Apologies.

Spark | CBC Radio : Spark 168 – January 15 & 18, 2012

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:56:28 +0000

I agree. Thinking about how you might design for that is certainly a head scratcher, but a fascinating issue.

Spark | CBC Radio : New Year's Resolution

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:17:10 +0000

Hi Derek, I think there are a few variants, but I think you're thinking of the one Ethan Zuckerman and I tried out. It's called RescueTime: https://www.rescuetime.com/ And yes, it is by turns enlightening and embarrassing.

Spark | CBC Radio : Spark 167 – January 8 & 11, 2012

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:21:25 +0000

Glad you liked it. I think we're actually just beginning to come to terms with the way our use of the Internet is changing tons of norms, from how we think about knowledge to how we understand ourselves.

Spark | CBC Radio : New Year's Resolution

Mon, 9 Jan 2012 19:02:45 +0000

Hey enkerli, great points. WRT the point about attention problems being a symptom of something else, I really find this to be true. I have the greatest problems with focus when I am 'freaked out' about a task, such as when I have to write something when I'm not totally sure what I want to say, or when I'm worried about how something I've written will be received. For me, using tricks is a way to get myself going, to break the paralysis of a block, since once you're in process it's generally much easier to keep going.

Spark | CBC Radio : Spark 167 – January 8 & 11, 2012

Mon, 9 Jan 2012 16:45:02 +0000

Yes, there was never any suggestion that Alan Turing was involved with networks. The Alan Turing reference was simply a nod to his role in the history of computer science.

Spark | CBC Radio : Full Interview: Ian Cook on Telecommuting

Mon, 9 Jan 2012 16:41:56 +0000

Hmm, thanks for letting us know. How odd. We'll look into it. Thanks again.

Spark | CBC Radio : Repeat: Work, Solitude, and Joy - January 1 & 4, 2012

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 22:11:08 +0000

Glad you liked it. I think idea of mindfulness and technology has a lot of 'heat' to it. I think we're going to start hearing more about it. Exciting that you're talking about it in an educational context!

Spark | CBC Radio : New Year's Resolution

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 19:09:12 +0000

I *knew* the broader Spark community would have great ideas!

Spark | CBC Radio : Repeat of Spark 132 - December 24 & 28

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 19:06:51 +0000

Hi Marylin, I've sent you an email with a suggestion.

Spark | CBC Radio : Full Interview: Ian Cook on Telecommuting

Thu, 5 Jan 2012 19:49:17 +0000

Spark | CBC Radio : Full Interview: Jason Fried explains why work doesn't happen at work

Tue, 3 Jan 2012 16:59:02 +0000

Hi Mark, You make some great points; thanks. Here at Spark, we use a little group chat tool to collaborate on more or less ephemeral matters. When it's in use, it's much faster and 'lightweight' than email, and also gives the group a sort of ambient sense of what the team members are working on. One of the things I really like about it is that you can see when someone's taken themselves offline, which is a polite way of saying 'I'm really busy so don't bother me unless it's really, really important'.

Spark | CBC Radio : Spark 166 – December 18 & 21, 2011

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:07:41 +0000

Hi Philip, Hmm, that would have been during this show, but we didn't air a segment like that. I wonder if it's possible that you heard a different show that airs before or after us?

Spark | CBC Radio : Spark 166 – December 18 & 21, 2011

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:38:09 +0000

Wow, I didn't know there was any such thing as an antique sock knitting machine. Is there a community of practitioners that's built up around it, in addition to the authors?

Spark | CBC Radio : Spark 165 – December 11 & 14, 2011

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:09:26 +0000

I read about Twine on Kickstarter. It sounds really cool. I think we're going to do an item on Arduino and related matters so Twine may come in handy. Thanks for the comments about privacy. Good to keep in mind.

Spark | CBC Radio : Spark 164 – December 4 & 7, 2011

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:26:01 +0000

Ha, I love that. I hadn't heard of it before. Sometimes it truly does feel like every story's been told!