by Rob Cottingham | Jun 15, 2006 | Blogging, Communicating, Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Politics
Using YouTube, Google Video and other video hosting sites as a way to generate viral buzz (especially from bloggers) for An Inconvenient Truth has been one of the filmmakers’ most heads-up moves in a very savvy campaign. Behold the latest trailer: by Rob Cottingham | Jun 1, 2006 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Politics, Technology
Cool little idea from the folks behind the Al Gore/climate change documentary An Inconvenient Truth: post a trailer on Google Video, and then encourage people to embed it in their blogs and web pages. by Rob Cottingham | May 3, 2006 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Technology
Okay, so it isn’t the revolution. But it’s a big step forward for Mother Corporation as the CBC unleashes a whole bunch of new podcasts on an unsuspecting public. Every day will bring a new edition of a particular podcast: Monday – The Best of Ideas... by Rob Cottingham | May 3, 2006 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn
Hacked into the Fox word-processing servers and learned the ending. Here’s the super-secret ending: At least one of the behind-the-scenes ringleaders escapes. Jack Bauer defeats their nefarious scheme, but at tremendous personal cost. There. I’ve saved you... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 30, 2006 | Copyright, Culture, Arts and Popcorn
Ianiv blogs about one of my pet peeves: DVDs that force you to sit through ads before you get to see the movie you paid them for. But with this DVD first you get a copyright notice, then a short clip about how bad it is to download movies (stop saying copyright... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 13, 2006 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Vancouver
Every year, BC celebrates one of our mostly unsung success stories: our surprisingly vibrant writing and publishing community. And soon, the province will be marking BC Book & Magazine Week 2006 with a slew of events from readings to dancing (really) to cabaret...
