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Ongoing History Daily: The iPod workplace ban

At one point, it seemed like everyone had an iPod for listening to music. And for a while, there were

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] In the summer of 2001, a screenwriter friend got a call

Back to work after a short vacation. Things on these pages will be operating as normal for the next while.

In the age of streaming, the idea of carrying around your music as digital files seems so quaint. But in

Why? A challenge, I guess. And everyone could use a hobby, right? The full story at MobileSyrup. (Via Sean)

When the iPod was becoming the world’s defacto MP3 player, there was a second version of the player unknown to

I have a couple of old iPod Classics lying around the house, uncharged and unused. But every once in a

Apple introduced a new line of iPod Touches the other day. Basically, they’re iPhones with out the phone bits. The

Last Tuesday (October 23) was apparently National iPod Day in the US. Gee, if I’d known, I’d have baked a cake

Dubai has some of the wildest architecture anywhere in the world. That now includes a building called The Pad. Designed

Music is meant to be shared. For millennia, humans have created instruments, developed sounds and shared those sounds with people

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver