CBC Radio Spark - Digital life
Spark on CBC Radio One Nora Young helps you navigate your digital life by connecting you to fresh ideas in surprising ways.
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284: Stores are the new stores, art algorithms and more
The perfection of the paper clip. Why the hottest new ...
The perfection of the paper clip. Why the hottest new thing in online shopping is offline shopping. Crisis communication and Nepal. How math can help us understand a Jackson Pollock painting. Women at work in image search.
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283: consciousness, intelligent software, kids and games
How different types of intelligence peak at different times in ...
How different types of intelligence peak at different times in your life. Kids, self-control and games. Open-source intelligent software. Understanding human (and robot) consciousness.
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282: dot-internet, dot-ethics, dot-sucks and more
Confusing Facebook with the internet, the continuing .sucks controversy, infrared ...
Confusing Facebook with the internet, the continuing .sucks controversy, infrared cameras that sense your house is leaking heat, and the tech sector steps in for social justice.
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213: Longevity, Integration, Disposal
Cliff Hacking on e-waste disposal in Canada. David Fleming on ...
Cliff Hacking on e-waste disposal in Canada. David Fleming on real estate and virtual staging. Julia Pagel on the Integrative Thinking technique in schools. Phil Gyford, Jason Scott, and Meg Ambrose on data longevity and web ephemerality.
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Panel: e-books, public libraries, and artificial scarcity
Peter Rukavina, Jane Pyper, Carolyn Wood, and David O'Brien discuss ...
Peter Rukavina, Jane Pyper, Carolyn Wood, and David O'Brien discuss e-book lending in public libraries.
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212: Get it, Keep it, Fix it
Brian Lam on getting good gadgets. Gina Trapani and Anil ...
Brian Lam on getting good gadgets. Gina Trapani and Anil Dash on keeping your tech gadgets. Ian Urbina on what happens to our unwanted gadgets. Kyle Wiens on learning to fix your tech.
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211: Smart Elevators, Design Fiction, Internet Centrism
Riding in smart, responsive elevators. Getting skeptical about the internet ...
Riding in smart, responsive elevators. Getting skeptical about the internet as a single, abstract force. And designing technologies that don't even exist yet!
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210: Surveillance, Sharing, Colour
David Murakami Wood on surveillance and tech. Roz Kavander on ...
David Murakami Wood on surveillance and tech. Roz Kavander on colour forecasting. Alice Marwick, Gary Flake, Stephanie Nolen, and Maciej Ceglowski on social sharing and the divide between public and private online.
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Brian Lam on The Wirecutter
A feature interview with Brian Lam about his website The ...
A feature interview with Brian Lam about his website The Wirecutter, why he left Gizmodo, and what's wrong with tech writing in 2013.
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209: Distraction, Willpower, Creative Coding
Elah Feder on outsourcing willpower. Francesca Gino on decision making ...
Elah Feder on outsourcing willpower. Francesca Gino on decision making and getting sidetracked. Diana Kimball and Seb Lee-Delisle on creative coding. Jeff Atwood on creating civil discourse online.
