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Talking Tech|Talking Tech, Friday, March 30th Episode
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0.45 â Mark and Duncan are back, without Kevin, to discuss Kathy
Sierraâs cyber bullying ordeal.
Mark wants to talk about evilness and anonymity on the Web.
1.50 â Duncan
is a big fan of Kathy and is astonished that someone who writes about the stuff
that she writes about has attracted this amount of hatred and vitriol. Mark
asks if the Internet should be regulated?
3.08 â He also wonders about the anti-elitist nature of the
blogosphere. Duncan
is surprised that the mainstream media hasnât picked up this story.
6.01 â Mark thinks this is indicative of the echo-chamber
nature of the blogosphere and the tech sub-sector as well.
6.55 â Mark is surprised about Scobleâs
non-blogging protest. Duncan reminds us that
Ghandi brought the British Empire to its knees by not eating rice before
moving ontoâ
6.15 â BCE! Duncan is surprised that Michael Sabia
is having so little traction in the market and brings up the Globe
and Mail story of BCE being taken private by KKR.
8.15 â Mark explains investorsâ different reactions to stock
based stories. Sabia and Entwistle (Telus) have been doing much the same job with
completely different results. The amount of moving parts in BCE means that
other companies can look at splitting it up for a profit.
9.35 â The denial from BCE makes Duncan think it is in play â mostly due to
the ânewâ private equity maths being used. If BCE is taken private, what does
this mean for the average Canadian.
11.15 â The guys talk about BCEâs handling of the denial and
its ramifications on the stock price.
12.48 â Mark thinks that BCEâs biggest problem is its lack
of momentum in the wireless space.
13.55 â Duncan
discusses the takeover possibilities of Telus and Rogers but comes back to the fact that BCE,
as a larger company than Telus, is a more attractive proposition for private
equity.
15.01 â Mark asks if
bloggers are journalists? Is their insight and opinion as valued as the
traditional media? Duncan
says they can be â Mark has broken stories on his blog that the media hasnât
known about.
16.13 â Duncan
also talks about the standards
needed to qualify for media accreditation â if you have had three published
pieces in the last year in one man and his dog publications, you qualify. A
blogger with 100,000 hits a day who breaks a number of stories doesnât.
17.04 â The media is clearly threatened by bloggers, but the
bigger story is that conferences and companies are recognizing bloggers as
âmediaâ and are allowing them the sort of access usually reserved for
traditional media.
17.55 â Duncan
says that following the money is a good strategy here. Yahoo! lists blog stories along
with wire stories on its financial pages. He thinks weâre seeing a lot of
conversion. Mark is excited about the tech sector right now!
Audio or text comments for Mark, Kevin and Duncan can be emailed
to heytalkingtech@gmail.com.
Our announcer is the lovely Amber Mac and the music is No
Mojo by Anthony Stauffer and Holy Smoke which is available on the pod safe music network.
[ Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:30:00 GMT ]
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