This whole early Daylight Savings Time has got me thinking about the evolution of the clock in the home. When I was a kid growing up in the suburbs of Montreal, “spring-forward” for my parents would have probably meant changing two clocks in the house – one in the kitchen, and their clock radio in the bedroom, and their watches. We’re talking pre VCR, home computer, cell phone, etc etc here.
This morning, it was quite another story in my house. The number of time keeping devices has grown exponentially. The silver-lining to this is that many of them know about the time change, and handle it without any fuss.
So, without further ado here’s my list:
Automatically adjust time
- My Macbook Pro
- Holly’s Macbook
- Gaming Windows XP workstation
- Windows Vista Media Center server
- Xbox 360
- Linksys Media Center Extender
- Blackberry Curve
- Logitech Slim Devices Squeezebox
- Rogers Scientific Atlanta Digital Cable box
- La Crosse Weather Station
Manually adjust time
- My clock radio
- Holly’s clock radio
- My watch
- Holly’s watch
- Our stove
- Our Microwave
- Our analog wall clock
- Maeve’s clock
- Rowan’s clock
- Holly’s Sony Ericson cell phone
- Our three cordless phones
For a grand total of 23 clocks to change…. and I’m sure I’ve forgotten a couple.
I love technology!
Reports are that Pakistan messed up routing tables globally while blocking Youtube, rendering the site inaccessible Sunday afternoon.
Think of the implications of this. If this can happen by accident what could be done by a malicious Denial of Service attack?
you can build two complete computers systems for family members using only your castoff previously upgraded motherboard, processors, video cards, hard drives etc…
This post by Guy Kawasaki makes me happy not to be an A-List blogger – but also provides food for thought for all online marketing strategists.
How to Change the World: Forget the A-List After All
As you may have heard by now, we announced a major strategic alliance with Yahoo! Canada this week. This is a great thing for Canoe.ca and Yahoo’s users and advertisers, as we will gain access to some of Yahoo’s great tools and services, and will provide them with unique local Canadian content and classifieds services. I’m really excited about the prospects for this relationship, and the impact it will have on the Canadian online industry. At Canoe.ca our mission to be the leading CANADIAN online company, and this is a major step in that direction.
This is pretty cool – as reported by Beet.tv you can now embed NBC’s news video on your site/blog/social network. “Traditional” media is starting to get it – the days of the walled garden are over its time to engage, interact with and build a new audience.
Beet.TV: Broadcast Journalism History: NBC News Opens up Embed Code and Beet.TV Has the Debut
Further evidence – like any of us online folks needed it – that our industry is moving firmly into the mainstream of global media. One of the most important ad agencies is forecasting that online ad spending In the UK will pass TV in 2009. Canada is a little behind the UK in terms of online advertising, but I anticipate this same outcome will hit Canada a year or two later. Consumer behaviour is already there as more and more time is spent online to the detriment of other media.
Burgeoning online ad spend will pass TV next year, says WPP
Nick is a really smart guy who runs interactive at Cossette. His comments on the threat of rights issues to Canadian digital media really hit a nerve for me:
“Canadians are being locked out of a North American content marketplace. Try buying a song from Amazon’s DRM-free music offering from a Canadian IP. Try downloading the latest movie from Xbox 360 with your Canadian-located console. Try visiting Hulu.com to watch your favourite NBC show from your comfy Canadian chair.
“Being a Canadian trying to consume content within the new media landscape is becoming a lesson in frustration. The net result is the potential to become digital laggards. Currently, the Canadian offerings simply do not compete at the same level.”
To me this is one of the biggest challenges facing our industry, as Canadians become second class citizens in the North American digital media landscape.
More from his interview with Media in Canada: Nearly all major demographics now reachable online: Barbuto
Something I’m spending a lot of time thinking about – how to integrate a print newsroom into an online publishing operation. I very smart guy in the US has been thinking about it for a while, most recently at the Washington Post. Here are some of his thoughts:
Link to robcurley.com ยป What is the role of an online managing editor?
A little late to blog this, but a tongue in cheek post about the future. My Microsoft buddies will particularly appreciate this…