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Spark is your guide to the Next Big Thing. On-air and online, join Nora Young for a surprising and irreverent look at tech, trends, and fresh ideas.
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CBC Radio: Spark: 2008-10-08 - Episode 48
Download Now · | Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:32
Dan talks to Ilona Dougherty, Richard Akerman, and Grace Lake about voting online, Nora introduces our new toll-free number: 1-877-34-SPARK, Spark listeners talk about their workplace computer woes, Lisagaye Tomlinson and Paul Martine BYOC (Bring Your Own Computer), Nora talks to Merlin Mann about his upcoming series, and Jane McGonigal explains Superstruct, and gaming for the greater good.
CBC Radio: Spark: 2008-10-01 - Episode 47
Download Now · | Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:04
Bill Parry's tale of two laptops, Nathan Eagle empowers people in the Dominican Republic and Kenya through text messages with txteagle, Ken Njoroge sells ringtones to Kenyans, Canada's Digital Wish List: Lynn Sutherland, Charles Zamaria and Sylvain Grand’Maison on the French-English digital divide in Canada.
Download Now · | Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00
On this episode of Spark, Stephen Baker introduces Nora to The Numerati, Canada's Digital Wish List: Ron Deibert, director of the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, Spark listeners Ed Shaw and Stuart Croall add their wishes to the Digital Wish List, Gina Trapani talks to Nora while riding her solar powered, GPS enabled, picture-taking Flickr Bike, and Terry O'Reilly looks at the resurgence of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, and the delicate art of marketing to urban hipsters.
Download Now · | Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00
On this episode of Spark, Matt Richtel writes a Twiller - a thriller novel on Twitter, Merlin Mann tells Nora what makes a good blog, Heather Creech talks about her Digital Wish List for the upcoming election, Mitch Kapoor thinks countries should have CTOs - Chief Technology Officers.
Download Now · | Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00
Brewster Kahle, of Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine, talks about why, for the sake of our culture, we need to digitize works of print, audio and video. You do your best impressions of a dial-up connection. Katherine Monk weighs in on when movie CGI works and when it just seems fake and creepy. Photographer Ed Burtynsky proposes the Gallery of the Long Now, and photographs that will last 10,000 years.
Download Now · | Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00
Nora escapes from phone tree hell to host a new season of Spark. Shai Berger makes calling big business easier with Fonolo.com. Richard Rose explains what's new in speech recognition research. Pete Nowak gives Nora the 411 on Canadian data plans and consumer discontent.Elísabet Gunnarsdóttir is in Dale, Norway and listening to the world via the Telemegaphone project. Chemistry teachers Jon Bergmann and Aaron Sams send their students home with podcasts, not homework.
Spark in the Summer 10 - Telemegaphone Project
Download Now · | Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00
A sneak peak at an upcoming item for our first show of Season 2 about a very loud phone on top of a mountain in Norway.
Spark in the Summer 9 - We're Back!
Download Now · | Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00
Spark is back and gearing up for Season 2.
Spark in the Summer 8 - Clay Shirky
Download Now · | Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00
From May 2008, Nora Young's full interview with Clay Shirky
Spark in the Summer 7 - Malle Vallik
Download Now · | Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00
From May 2008, Nora Young's full interview with Malle Vallik.
Spark in the Summer 6 - Derek K. Miller
Download Now · | Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00
From April 2008, Nora Young's full interview with Derek K. Miller.
Spark in the Summer 5 - Microcelebrities
Download Now · | Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00
From March 2008, Nora Young's full panel with Theresa Senft, Sarah Meyers, and Merlin Mann on Microcelebrity
Spark in the Summer 4 - danah boyd & Marc Fisher
Download Now · | Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00
From March 2008, Nora Young talks to danah boyd and Marc Fisher.
Spark in the Summer 3 - Xiaochang Li
Download Now · | Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00
From November 2007, Nora Young's conversation with Xiaochang Li.
Spark in the Summer 2 - Alex Steffen
Download Now · | Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00
From January 2008, Nora Young's full interview with Alex Steffen.
Spark in the Summer 1 - Rick Prelinger
Download Now · | Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00
From December 2007, Nora Young's full interview with Rick Prelinger.
Download Now · | Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00
Chris Higgins discovers Hugh Crawford and Betsy Reid's digital version of Jamie Livingston's 'Polaroid a Day' project, Nora gives an update on Spark's Grandma Dinner, Nora mentions her full interview with Jonathan Zittrain, and Ken Banks explains what the west can learn from cell phone use in Africa
Download Now · | Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00
Valérie Lamontagne tells the story of Peau d'Âne, and talks about her Sun, Moon, and Sky dresses, Roel Vertegaal reshapes computers, Merlin Mann explains how to deal with Turkey Bacn: those unwanted email forwards that clog up your inbox, and Paolo Prandoni builds "billboards that look back."
Download Now · | Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00
Eugene Potapov helps deer blog, Steven Johnson on the state of the Geoweb, Justin Hall explains PMOG, the Passively Multiplayer Online Game, and Ron Baecker develops memory prosthetics for seniors, amnesics, and Alzheimer's patients
Download Now · | Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00
Harlequin's Malle Vallik publishes romance 2.0, Amber Mac explains what the US switch to digital broadcasting in 2009 means for Canadians, Nora introduces Elena, star of Spark's upcoming Grandma Dinner, and Bill Buxton on webcams, telepresence, and if location matters anymore. Go to cbc.ca/spark for links, information, full interviews, and contests.
Download Now · | Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00
Clay Shirky talks about our cognitive surplus. Merlin Mann helps Nora cringe-bust her TODO list with 3 easy tips. Spark listeners share their tips too. Nora thinks voicemail is obsolete, and you fill our inbox with your opinions. Kate Raynes-Goldie reports back from ROFLCon with her take on internet memes.And I Can Has Reuseable Grocery Bag? Enter Spark's lolcat contest.
Download Now · | Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00
The on-air version of Spark is a repeat this week. Instead of replaying it, Nora talks to Raj Patel about podcast repeats. If you're looking for the episode that went to air this week, see http://www.cbc.ca/spark/blog/2008/02/show_notes_february_13_2008.html
Download Now · | Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00
Disney's Virtual Magic Kingdom closes its doors, Beth Coleman on participation, ownership and identity in online virtual worlds, Spark listeners share their "off the grid" stories, John Sanderson tries to keep large trucks from getting stuck in Wedmore, England, and Michael Feir gives Nora a tour of the internet from the perspective of a blind person.
Download Now · | Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00
Derek K. Miller wonders if he needs a digital executor, Amber Mac explains Creative Commons, Catherine tells the story of losing her digital photos when her Powerbook died, Merlin Mann of 43Folders.com builds a Disaster Preparedness Kit for your digital life, The Guardian's Charles Arthur explains Phorm's partnership with UK ISP to deliver targeted advertising and Lauren Weinstein thinks ISPs shouldn't have right to intercept users' internet communications.
Download Now · | Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00
Patrick Griffin designs fonts and sells them online at MyFonts, Virginia Postrel explains the cultural currency of type, Jeff MacIntyre uses zenware to focus on his writing, Dane Watkins tests small communities for their collective dysfunctions through his art project Disorder and Naomi S. Baron on how digital technology affects the way we read and write.
