by Rob Cottingham | Oct 31, 2005 | Comedy, Media Mix, Politics
Despite the news of Terminal City’s demise, not all of the media headlines are gloomy on this Hallowe’en Monday. From the Comedy Network, news that the Colbert Report will soon be part of our late-night lives: The most compelling fake news timeslot on TV... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 31, 2005 | Media Mix, Politics
Well, damn. One less alternative to the Sovince/Prun: Vancouver alternative newsweekly Terminal City is suspending publication effective immediately publisher John Kay announced today. Kay said the October 27 edition, which hit the streets last Thursday, will... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 30, 2005 | Everything Else, Politics
From WorldChanging: I don’t want to be a big cynic about this, but really, at this point, who WANTS George W Bush to get all interested in climate change? Sooner or later, that guy poisons everything he touches. He’d probably start a highly secretive and... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 30, 2005 | Communicating, Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Media Mix, Politics
When The Karasik Conspiracy hits bookshelves this September, the plot may sound just a wee bit familiar: a group of shadowy terrorists conspires to murder thousands of Americans by poisoning the medicine they’re importing from Canada to beat U.S. drug prices. It... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 28, 2005 | Technology
Over on UIE Brain Sparks, Jared Spool weighs in on the civil war over whether web navigation bars should be on the left or right side of the page: having tested a ton of users on bundles of sites, we’ve learned over the years that navigation placement doesn’t...