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14 years ago @ Spark | CBC Radio - Full Interview: David ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Thanks for the heads up!

14 years ago @ Spark | CBC Radio - Full Interview: David ... · 0 replies · +1 points

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!

14 years ago @ Spark | CBC Radio - Spark 172 – February... · 0 replies · +1 points

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.

14 years ago @ Spark | CBC Radio - Spark 172 – February... · 1 reply · +1 points

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

14 years ago @ Spark | CBC Radio - Full Interview: Abigai... · 2 replies · +1 points

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.

14 years ago @ Spark | CBC Radio - Spark 168 – January ... · 0 replies · +2 points

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

14 years ago @ Spark | CBC Radio - New Year's Resolution · 0 replies · +1 points

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.

14 years ago @ Spark | CBC Radio - Spark 167 – January ... · 1 reply · +1 points

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.

14 years ago @ Spark | CBC Radio - New Year's Resolution · 1 reply · +1 points

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.

14 years ago @ Spark | CBC Radio - Spark 167 – January ... · 1 reply · +3 points

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.

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