The Death of the Mothercorp

Someone at the CBC shat the bed, to use a favorite colloquialism.  I suspect the blame lies with the departed Kirstine Stewart who promoted “entertainment” TV over sports and other forms of television.  If you look at the shows promoted during her tenure at the CBC you will note things …

Why being a citizen matters

  I was reading the news this morning about the latest Rob Ford gaffe and the CBC had posted images of the protests going on outside city hall.  It is pretty telling that this is actually going on in the first place.  I don’t recall during either Mel Lastman’s or David …

CBC Cuts

The CBC has just received another 115 million dollar budget cut in the latest federal government budget. Faced with this significant shortfall in funding the CBC is now in a position where it has to trim another 650 jobs. I think former CBC president Robert Rabinovitch put it best, “This …

Improved CBC search

I don’t normally write about what I do at work.  Not out of modesty or anything, but rather I don’t want to let something out that shouldn’t be public knowledge.  However, I had to write about this.  One of the aspects of my job is managing the Google Search Appliance.  …