I recently attended a podcasting workshop at the University of Saskatchewan for work. My boss would like me to make podcasts about U of S research - students and their research projects, people who have been awarded giant grants, etc. I'm excited to get into this new medium, but I have a lot of variables to consider. What sort of voice personality should I have? How can I spin these to make them interesting? What length should I make them? and on the list goes.
If anyone has any suggestions for me, please do let me know.
Sunday, 24 May 2009
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Lover's Squabble
Don't you hate when the Vice-President insults the President's dog?
Biden insults President Obama’s dog at Syracuse | csmonitor.com
Biden insults President Obama’s dog at Syracuse | csmonitor.com
Thursday, 12 March 2009
This collapse will herald the arrival of an anti-Christian chapter of the post-Christian West.
I read a very interesting article in the Christian Science Monitor about the future of Evangelicals in America.
The coming evangelical collapse | csmonitor.com
According to the article, evangelical Christianity will collapse because of several mistakes of the religious movement. It's an interesting idea, especially because many people observed that the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was an event that united Americans, and made them more accepting and accommodating to Americans of different faiths and backgrounds. There was a common enemy - the terrorists - and a lot of Americans took comfort in Bush's religious conviction.
The article offers several reasons why the collapse is imminent; the two most interesting claims are listed below:
"1. Evangelicals have identified their movement with the culture war and with political conservatism. This will prove to be a very costly mistake. Evangelicals will increasingly be seen as a threat to cultural progress. Public leaders will consider us bad for America, bad for education, bad for children, and bad for society."
"2. We Evangelicals have failed to pass on to our young people an orthodox form of faith that can take root and survive the secular onslaught. Ironically, the billions of dollars we've spent on youth ministers, Christian music, publishing, and media has produced a culture of young Christians who know next to nothing about their own faith except how they feel about it."
Another interesting aspect of the article is that it offers suggestions as to what will be left after the collapse and suggests is that religion will not die in America, but instead "Expect evangelicalism to look more like the pragmatic, therapeutic, church-growth oriented megachurches that have defined success....Two of the beneficiaries will be the Roman Catholic and Orthodox communions. Evangelicals have been entering these churches in recent decades and that trend will continue, with more efforts aimed at the "conversion" of Evangelicals to the Catholic and Orthodox traditions."
Interesting. I wonder how this will affect the politics of Americans?
The coming evangelical collapse | csmonitor.com
According to the article, evangelical Christianity will collapse because of several mistakes of the religious movement. It's an interesting idea, especially because many people observed that the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was an event that united Americans, and made them more accepting and accommodating to Americans of different faiths and backgrounds. There was a common enemy - the terrorists - and a lot of Americans took comfort in Bush's religious conviction.
The article offers several reasons why the collapse is imminent; the two most interesting claims are listed below:
"1. Evangelicals have identified their movement with the culture war and with political conservatism. This will prove to be a very costly mistake. Evangelicals will increasingly be seen as a threat to cultural progress. Public leaders will consider us bad for America, bad for education, bad for children, and bad for society."
"2. We Evangelicals have failed to pass on to our young people an orthodox form of faith that can take root and survive the secular onslaught. Ironically, the billions of dollars we've spent on youth ministers, Christian music, publishing, and media has produced a culture of young Christians who know next to nothing about their own faith except how they feel about it."
Another interesting aspect of the article is that it offers suggestions as to what will be left after the collapse and suggests is that religion will not die in America, but instead "Expect evangelicalism to look more like the pragmatic, therapeutic, church-growth oriented megachurches that have defined success....Two of the beneficiaries will be the Roman Catholic and Orthodox communions. Evangelicals have been entering these churches in recent decades and that trend will continue, with more efforts aimed at the "conversion" of Evangelicals to the Catholic and Orthodox traditions."
Interesting. I wonder how this will affect the politics of Americans?
Monday, 23 February 2009
Across Irish Sea: two bold tactics against music piracy
Music piracy has been a popular issue since Napster was invited into our hearts and our homes (and our computers). Some think we are entitled to music, and that it ought to be free. Others believe we should be buying the music for a fair price on iTunes or by obtaining the physical CD. Most of us are somewhere in between, unsure of a method that would mutually benefit the consumer, record label and the artists. Overall, the majority want convenience.
This article from the CS Monitor shows how two governments respond to the same issue, and drastically so. Many people are looking to these examples to see which model might work best for their government.
What is interesting about this issue is that as each government develops its own approach, an abundance of gray area emerges. For example, if you download music in the United States, is it then illegal in Canada? If you do not download music, but have the Internet, will you be required to pay a music downloading tax?
My question to you is: do you think government ought to be intervening in the music piracy issue, and what sort of complications can you see arising if they do so?
Across Irish Sea: two bold tactics against music piracy | csmonitor.com
This article from the CS Monitor shows how two governments respond to the same issue, and drastically so. Many people are looking to these examples to see which model might work best for their government.
What is interesting about this issue is that as each government develops its own approach, an abundance of gray area emerges. For example, if you download music in the United States, is it then illegal in Canada? If you do not download music, but have the Internet, will you be required to pay a music downloading tax?
My question to you is: do you think government ought to be intervening in the music piracy issue, and what sort of complications can you see arising if they do so?
Across Irish Sea: two bold tactics against music piracy | csmonitor.com
Sunday, 22 February 2009
Twitter and blog.
I've decided to upgrade myself.
I've joined twitter, the next big thing on the Internet. My ID is AMHickey, so feel free to add me.
My blog needed a restart as well since it had been over a year since my last post.
Alright, here's what is on my mind:
It's no secret that the journalism trade is not doing well. Because of the Internet, people can get news online for free, and they now post classifieds online on sites like Kijiji at little to no cost. Classifieds used to be one of the major areas of funding newspapers, as were ads, which are much cheaper online.
After failed attempts to charge for subscriptions online, papers are expected to provide news for free, with little compensation. Some futurists and journalists have proposed that newspapers will no longer be around in 10 years.
However, there is a possible solution emerging. According the the economist, iTunes may have the solution. Read the short article here: http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13109596
I've joined twitter, the next big thing on the Internet. My ID is AMHickey, so feel free to add me.
My blog needed a restart as well since it had been over a year since my last post.
Alright, here's what is on my mind:
It's no secret that the journalism trade is not doing well. Because of the Internet, people can get news online for free, and they now post classifieds online on sites like Kijiji at little to no cost. Classifieds used to be one of the major areas of funding newspapers, as were ads, which are much cheaper online.
After failed attempts to charge for subscriptions online, papers are expected to provide news for free, with little compensation. Some futurists and journalists have proposed that newspapers will no longer be around in 10 years.
However, there is a possible solution emerging. According the the economist, iTunes may have the solution. Read the short article here: http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13109596
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