I cover a lot of subjects on my weekly CBC Radio column, and I'm always fascinated by which ones garner the greatest listener response. Something that is particularly interesting to me, and apparently a lot of listeners, is the upcoming explosion of wireless devices making use of the spectrum called White Space.

For those who missed it, or want to hear it again, you can download my CBC Radio Toronto appearance on Metro Morning with Andy Barrie.

And these are some of the articles that came out around the time of the announcement.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/05/fcc_approves_white_spaces/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7709775.stm
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/06/BUDO13VRLV.D...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/technology/internet/05spectrum.html
http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Google_Prepares_Its_Strategy_For_Attackin...

If you're a friend of mine on Facebook I have a video on my profile from Newsworld that was recorded in the spring on the same subject.

The past two weeks have seen a number of announcements by Microsoft, Google, and Facebook that have set the stage for an incredible clash of the titans when it comes to the future of the Internet.

Well, I'm getting kind of fed up with all the iPhone hype. Apple is not a company I've ever been fond of, because I see right through their marketing machine and understand just how bad and manipulative their message actually is. When the device was initially announced, I wrote a post pointing out that the actual cost of the device would be way higher than advertised, given that you have to sign up for a minimum 2 year contract with AT&T.

Yesterday started like any other day. I got up early, went out to the Y to workout, then to the grocery store for some food. Just as I was about to checkout I got a call from Joe Solway, a producer at CBC Radio's Metro Morning. He wanted to know if I could go on air in 20 minutes to talk about the outage experienced by Research In Motion that affected all North American Blackberry users. Naturally I obliged, and during the local news segment, Jill Dempsey interviewed me, and to the best of my ability I speculated on what could have happened.

This is an interesting discussion I had with Nancy Wilson regarding the potential for mobile devices to unlock the information that surrounds us in the material world. Or maybe that should be the materialistic world... ;)

I got a call from David Noble today, regarding a potentially dangerous legal development. I've known David for several years, I greatly admire his critical abilities, I loved his book, The Religion of Technology, and I wish his analysis had greater exposure.

I got up early this morning and went on both CBC News Morning with Heather Hiscox, and CBC Radio's Metro Morning with Andy Barrie. You can listen to a recording of the radio appearance here.

As many of you know I've been a Google Watcher for some time now. My main attraction to Google is that they are actualizing many of the theories I've developed over the past decade and a half. Similarly they are bringing the model of network-centric computing to the average consumer, which I feel can be quite empowering. Personally I've been using Google's Calendar for quite a while, and am now starting to use their Spreadsheet program. For professional reasons I've also learned quite a bit about their advertising programs, which are their core sources of revenue.

I've been doing almost weekly appearances on CBC News Today with Nancy Wilson. Every once in a while another CBC show will invite me on in a similar capacity. Recently I was able to go on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos, and discuss the issue of Net Neutrality. As the Internet becomes increasingly commercialized and monetized, a lot of stress is put on all carriers and providers to try and get a bigger slice of the pie. Is it too late for a public interest?

Since the CBC lockout has ended I've been able to get back onto both CBC radio and television, to analyze the latest trends and developments in technology. This one particular segment was regarding some legal troubles that Research in Motion, a Waterloo based company, has run into in the states in the form of a patent dispute. Essentially their appeal of an earlier decision was declined, which means they will have to pay a greater penalty then initially planned.