CHARBONNEAU – The future of smart radios
I IMAGINE that the future of radio will combine traditional FM with the technology of smart phones. I’m not talking about the distant future: the fm broadcast protocols [Continue]
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ROTHENBURGER – We’re becoming mere tenants in our own country
THERE WAS A TIME when Canadians made things, and owned what we made. I’m thinking about this as we struggle with the sale of Retirement Concepts to a Chinese outfit, and in [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Trump tweets while Afghanistan burns
PRESIDENT TRUMP seems only dimly aware of the turmoil in Afghanistan. Or maybe he has foreign policy related on the country and is simply unable to articulate it in 140 [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – At first glance, the gig economy seems great but…
LET’S STOP pretending that Uber is just along for the ride in the gig economy and that Facebook is just a technology company. At first glance, the gig economy seems [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The new aether is sucking the life out of local TV
MEDIEVAL SCIENTISTS believed that radio waves were carried through a medium they called the aether. Seems sensible. If sound waves require a medium, why not radio waves? It [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Electoral reform disappointment Number Three
I WAS DISAPPOINTED but not surprised when Prime Minister Trudeau abandoned his plans for electoral reform. I’ve been let down before. The first time was in 2005 when a [Continue]
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