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Spark | CBC Radio : Help Us Out: Most Important Memento

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:37:50 +0000

Wow, what a great story, nancyd. Thanks for sharing it.

Spark | CBC Radio : Help Us Out: Most Important Memento

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:37:00 +0000

Hi Sonia, Thank you for this, and I love that you included your narration. I find it so interesting that of all the beautiful things in her apartment, you picked these two figurines. Somehow these quirkier, personal objects (like the coasters I have) seem to connect us to the person more intimately.

Spark | CBC Radio : Full Interview: Jay Frank on the future of hit songs

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:17:29 +0000

Hi Lee, thanks for sharing your insights. I wonder what you make of Jay's argument that if labels make more money, they'll take a chance on artier or more experimental acts. I wonder when the last time was that we had a really surprising breakout band/artist?

Spark | CBC Radio : The Future of Games: Crowdsourcing Questions for Jesse Schell

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:15:00 +0000

Interesting. The game aspect certainly seems to have helped Foursquare.

Spark | CBC Radio : Nora's Computer Club: Setting Up a Blog

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:41:21 +0000

Hey Orian, yes, we need to get back on the 'Nora's Computer Club' train. As for podcasts, I know not everyone is keen on using Apple's iTunes, but subscribing through iTunes is an easy way to get your podcasts delivered automatically.

Spark | CBC Radio : Spark 104 - February 28 & March 2, 2010

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 14:41:43 +0000

Thanks for the kind words. I find Twitter particularly helpful in this regard. I like the 'lightness' of the medium, the fact that reciprocity isn't required, and the focus on information exchange. It seems to facilitate a level of collegiality.

Spark | CBC Radio : Full Interview: danah boyd and William Deresiewicz on friendship

Thu, 4 Mar 2010 14:08:13 +0000

Oh, Marshall: http://www.marshallmcluhan.com/downloads/ballad_o...

Spark | CBC Radio : Spark 104 - February 28 & March 2, 2010

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 14:28:27 +0000

I'll pass on the info to Dan. He picks the music on Spark. Thanks!

Spark | CBC Radio : Spark 104 - February 28 & March 2, 2010

Tue, 2 Mar 2010 17:07:07 +0000

One of the things I really liked about the conversation was the observation about the impact of specific design decisions. As you say, even something like threaded comments can increase the feeling of deeper communication.

Spark | CBC Radio : Spark 104 - February 28 & March 2, 2010

Tue, 2 Mar 2010 17:04:47 +0000

Hey Drew, thanks for the kind words. I really value the community aspect of Spark. We're looking for ways to expand what we do as a platform for connecting the community (for instance, with the Spark Exchange initiative: http://spark.stackexchange.com/)

Spark | CBC Radio : Full Interview: danah boyd and William Deresiewicz on friendship

Mon, 1 Mar 2010 13:51:49 +0000

I have heard, purely anecdotally, about younger people bowing out of FB, or having 'photo free' parties so pics don't end up on social media.

Spark | CBC Radio : Spark 104 - February 28 & March 2, 2010

Mon, 1 Mar 2010 13:49:08 +0000

Thanks for the feedback, Russell. Personally, I love the fact that we can make the longer form interviews available. The one challenge, though, is that when the ratio of raw to edited gets too great, it can be difficult to edit and keep the conversation coherent. I'm hoping to get back to something we did a little more consistently earlier in the show's life, which was to pick a specific, tight focus for the beginning of the interview, which would then go 'on air' and then broaden the conversation out for the Web. That seemed to work both in terms of giving the Web/podcast audience a fuller experience, and also not ending up with a split or unclear focus on the radio.

Spark | CBC Radio : Full Interview: danah boyd and William Deresiewicz on friendship

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:29:40 +0000

Hi Eric, Thanks for the thoughtful comment. Well, I hope we're not turning into Moral Panic Weekly, (funny!) though I admit, we did make two back-to-back episodes with some similar tones. I guess I'd like the show to walk a line: not dipping into moral panic/technological determinism, but at the same time, recognizing that technology is culture and has cultural consequences. To your point, no, books didn't turn out to be harbingers of doom, but we're certainly way different people, with a way different society, than if we were still an oral culture. I don't think it's too much of a stretch to think that the Internet may have as many cultural consequences as the culture of the book did. But yes, point taken. We'll try to avoid MPW!

Spark | CBC Radio : Full Interview: danah boyd and William Deresiewicz on friendship

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:46:16 +0000

Almost impossible to believe, and almost heartbreaking, too.

Spark | CBC Radio : Spark 103 - February 21 & 23, 2010

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:50:40 +0000

Hi Kyle, Thanks! It's sort of a bailiwick of mine. I actually interviewed Andrew Feenberg on a different topic several years ago, for a documentary that I made for IDEAS. I should look into an opportunity to have him on the show. Thanks for the suggestion!

Spark | CBC Radio : Full Interview: Sam Yagan on math and dating

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:43:49 +0000

Hi Jen, Sorry you found it distracting. As the interviewer, I had to smile at the "subtle power struggle" idea. Not at all! I have always pronounced it dat' uh, and I think it would be odd to change the way I pronounce words to match the person I am talking to. For the record, dat' uh isn't a mispronunciation. As with many words, there is more than one accepted pronunciation. See below: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/data

Spark | CBC Radio : Announcing an experiment: SparkExchange

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:35:11 +0000

Hi Wendy, Great question! May I suggest posting it directly at the Spark Exchange site? You can find it by going to: spark.stackexchange.com Thanks for participating!

Spark | CBC Radio : Announcing an experiment: SparkExchange

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:31:44 +0000

I'm hoping that the 'vote up the best answers' tool is going to be particularly helpful as a kind of low intensity way to monitor the information.

Spark | CBC Radio : Remake, Remodel: What's Next for Spark?

Sun, 7 Feb 2010 20:05:21 +0000

Hi Clare, Thanks for the thoughtful comment and ideas. I'm very interested in the way technology tends to take us outside of our presence in the here and now. I'll check out David Abram.

Spark | CBC Radio : Announcing an experiment: SparkExchange

Sun, 7 Feb 2010 19:51:53 +0000

Well, I think, in general, we'd like to keep it to technical questions, which can include the etiquette and social norms of communications technology, but I'm hesitant to put too many rules around it. I think we need to see how this experiment evolves organically. It's really about what the Spark community decides the purpose of it should be. One thing I would say is that we hope it can be a place where people who are trying to learn more about computers can ask questions in a non-judgmental environment, and have those questions answered by our community members with expertise.