by Rob Cottingham | Oct 13, 2005 | Media Mix, Politics, Technology
From my performance on Friday night: “I’m so glad the lockout’s over. I can finally stop boycotting CBC Radio and go back to just not listening to it.” It was a joke — but there was more than a little truth in it. I love CBC Radio. I... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 5, 2005 | Communicating, Media Mix, Politics, Technology
It’s going to be really, really good to have the CBC back. But I’ll miss the highly personal style of CBCUnlocked. The corporation’s web team would do well to take a close look at what made that site work so well. And I’ll also miss the... by Rob Cottingham | Sep 27, 2005 | Communicating, Media Mix, Technology
It’s hard to pull off humour in the middle of a pitched labour battle — the stakes are high, and earnestness has a huge gravitational pull all its own — but the locked-out CBCniks have done it. Meet Tokyo Rose’s match, Contract Charlie:... by Rob Cottingham | Sep 15, 2005 | Media Mix
If we ever elect the position of CBC President — and that might not be a bad idea — Tod Maffin already has a killer platform. Anyone who has missed great radio during the CBC lockout should give Tod’s podcast a listen. For one thing, it’s,... by Rob Cottingham | Aug 18, 2005 | Politics
From our friends at Flickr: photos tagged with cbclockout Flickr photosets from Sheila Steele in Saskatoon, TR in Winnipeg, Angie Geworsky in Saskatoon and Bigsnit in Vancouver Tod Maffin’s ongoing take on the dispute Yvan Eht Nioj’s picket line...