en-ca http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/images/promo-sparkplus.jpg http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting Spark Plus features additional audio you won't hear on the regular Spark podcast, including extended interviews and bonus material. CBC podcasting@cbc.ca Copyright © CBC 2012 podcasting@cbc.ca no CBC Radio CBC,CBC Radio Spark Plus features additional audio you won't hear on the regular Spark podcast, including extended interviews and bonus material. http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20120529_70665.mp3 Nora Young speaks with Justin Cranshaw, a PhD student at Carnegie Mellon, about Livehoods. It's a site that uses social networking data to understand neighbourhoods. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Tue, 29 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT Full Interview: Justin Cranshaw on Livehoods Nora Young speaks with Justin Cranshaw, a PhD student at Carnegie Mellon, about Livehoods. It's a site that uses social networking data to understand neighbourhoods. 787 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20120517_35921.mp3 Nora talks to Steve Matteson about the challenges in designing fonts for mobile devices. He's the Creative Type Director at Monotype Imaging. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Thu, 17 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT Full Interview: Steve Matteson on Designing Fonts for Mobile Tech Nora talks to Steve Matteson about the challenges in designing fonts for mobile devices. He's the Creative Type Director at Monotype Imaging. 1203 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20120517_29286.mp3 David Fewer of the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic talks to Nora about new developments with Bill C-11. C-11 is a bill to amend Canada's copyright act. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Thu, 17 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT Full Interview: David Fewer on Copyright Bill C-11 David Fewer of the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic talks to Nora about new developments with Bill C-11. C-11 is a bill to amend Canada's copyright act. 533 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20120508_93877.mp3 Nora Young speaks with Sanjay Arora. He's behind MillionShort.com, a new search engine which knocks the top one million most popular websites off your search results. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Tue, 08 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT Full Interview: Sanjay Arora on Million Short Nora Young speaks with Sanjay Arora. He's behind MillionShort.com, a new search engine which knocks the top one million most popular websites off your search results. 707 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20120504_44852.mp3 Nora speaks with Heather Knight, a social roboticist. Through Data, a robot that tells jokes, she's exploring how robots might be able to pick up on human social cues, so they can respond more appropriately. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Fri, 04 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT Full Interview: Heather Knight on Data, the Robot Comedian Nora speaks with Heather Knight, a social roboticist. Through Data, a robot that tells jokes, she's exploring how robots might be able to pick up on human social cues, so they can respond more appropriately. 784 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20120426_29166.mp3 Nora Young speaks with Chris Parker, a human-robot interaction researcher at UBC. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT Full Interview: Chris Parker on Human-Robot Interaction Nora Young speaks with Chris Parker, a human-robot interaction researcher at UBC. 1146 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20120423_15154.mp3 Nora speaks with Jennifer Pahlka, the founder and executive director of Code for America, which she describes as a "Peace Corps for Geeks". Fellows spend a year working with city governments to create technology to make their communities better. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT Full Interview: Jennifer Pahlka on Code for America Nora speaks with Jennifer Pahlka, the founder and executive director of Code for America, which she describes as a "Peace Corps for Geeks". Fellows spend a year working with city governments to create technology to make their communities better. 1045 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20120403_61224.mp3 Nora Young speaks with Kelly McGonigal about her new book "The Willpower Instinct." Turns out we can look to science, not hunches, to help us boost our willpower. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT Full Interview: Kelly McGonigal on Willpower Nora Young speaks with Kelly McGonigal about her new book "The Willpower Instinct." Turns out we can look to science, not hunches, to help us boost our willpower. 981 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20120327_86767.mp3 Nora Young speaks with Jo Guldi, author of the book "Roads to Power." She thinks the history of roads in Britain has a lot in common with our current internet history. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMT Full Interview: Jo Guldi on History of Roads and Net Neutrality Nora Young speaks with Jo Guldi, author of the book "Roads to Power." She thinks the history of roads in Britain has a lot in common with our current internet history. 1018 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20120321_76559.mp3 Michael Cook is a PhD student at Imperial College's Computational Creativity Group in London, UK and he wanted to know if a computer program could create a video game starting from nothing. So ANGELINA was born - an artificial intelligence program who creates, from nothing, playable, simple games. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Wed, 21 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMT Full Interview - Michael Cook on Angelina - the AI Game Designer Michael Cook is a PhD student at Imperial College's Computational Creativity Group in London, UK and he wanted to know if a computer program could create a video game starting from nothing. So ANGELINA was born - an artificial intelligence program who creates, from nothing, playable, simple games. 1087 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20120316_22846.mp3 Nora speaks with Dr. Michael Gardam about new hospital surveillance technology that tracks the movements of health care workers. He's Director of Infection Prevention and Control at the University Health Network in Toronto. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMT Full Interview: Dr. Michael Gardam on Hospital Surveillance Nora speaks with Dr. Michael Gardam about new hospital surveillance technology that tracks the movements of health care workers. He's Director of Infection Prevention and Control at the University Health Network in Toronto. 928 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20120313_35177.mp3 Nora Young speaks with Gabriella Coleman about Anonymous. She's the Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy at McGill and currently working on a book on Anonymous and digital activism. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Tue, 13 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMT Full Interview: Gabriella Coleman on Anonymous Nora Young speaks with Gabriella Coleman about Anonymous. She's the Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy at McGill and currently working on a book on Anonymous and digital activism. 1894 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20120306_26264.mp3 Matt Ratto is an assistant professor at University of Toronto, and director of ThingTank, an experimental space for hacking electronics. He's a believer in what he calls "critical making" - the idea that we don't really understand our technologies just by reading or talking about them, but by making them. He takes Nora on a tour of the ThingTank, and explains why we just might be in the midst of a groundbreaking era for critical makers. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Tue, 06 Mar 2012 05:00:00 GMT Full Interview: Matt Ratto on Critical Making Matt Ratto is an assistant professor at University of Toronto, and director of ThingTank, an experimental space for hacking electronics. He's a believer in what he calls "critical making" - the idea that we don't really understand our technologies just by reading or talking about them, but by making them. He takes Nora on a tour of the ThingTank, and explains why we just might be in the midst of a groundbreaking era for critical makers. 1373 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20120217_40396.mp3 Nora Young speaks with Angel Gambino on stage at the Transmission Global Summit conference in Victoria, British Columbia. She’s a digital entrepreneur and co-founder of the Rosa Parks Project, a plan to revitalize the oldest neighbourhood in Detroit. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT Full Interview: Angel Gambino on Urban Renewal in Detroit Nora Young speaks with Angel Gambino on stage at the Transmission Global Summit conference in Victoria, British Columbia. She’s a digital entrepreneur and co-founder of the Rosa Parks Project, a plan to revitalize the oldest neighbourhood in Detroit. 2018 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20120217_16845.mp3 Nora Young speaks with David McCandless, a data journalist and information designer in London, England. He turns rivers of blunt data into beautiful, meaningful visuals. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT Full Interview: David McCandless on Information Design Nora Young speaks with David McCandless, a data journalist and information designer in London, England. He turns rivers of blunt data into beautiful, meaningful visuals. 954 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20120217_33629.mp3 Nora Young speaks with Edward Boatman, the designer and co-founder of The Noun Project. It's an ambitious initiative to design an internationally recognized symbol for every noun, to be used on the web. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT Full Interview: Edward Boatman on The Noun Project Nora Young speaks with Edward Boatman, the designer and co-founder of The Noun Project. It's an ambitious initiative to design an internationally recognized symbol for every noun, to be used on the web. 1016 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20120209_96084.mp3 Making wearable computers? A booster for your iPhone made out of a mint box? It doesn’t get more DIY than this. Limor Fried is the founder an lead engineer at Adafruit Industries. She’s one of the leading forces behind the maker movement - people who like to alter technology to better it, or make electronics at home from scratch. And she's particularly interested in making hardware that is open source. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT Full Interview: Limor Fried on Open Source Hardware Making wearable computers? A booster for your iPhone made out of a mint box? It doesn’t get more DIY than this. Limor Fried is the founder an lead engineer at Adafruit Industries. She’s one of the leading forces behind the maker movement - people who like to alter technology to better it, or make electronics at home from scratch. And she's particularly interested in making hardware that is open source. 1171 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20120201_68907.mp3 Mazer is a brand new initiative coming out of the Japanese government as part of its "Cool Japan" project. The idea is to have leading creative lights in Japan post questions or problems, and crowdsource the answers. The winning ideas will be bid on by businesses to make them a reality. We expand the conversation for a look at how and when crowdsourcing can be effective, with digital culture writer, Don Tapscott. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT Full Interview: Don Tapscott on the future of crowdsourcing Mazer is a brand new initiative coming out of the Japanese government as part of its "Cool Japan" project. The idea is to have leading creative lights in Japan post questions or problems, and crowdsource the answers. The winning ideas will be bid on by businesses to make them a reality. We expand the conversation for a look at how and when crowdsourcing can be effective, with digital culture writer, Don Tapscott. 1020 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20120201_14446.mp3 In her new book, Consent of the Networked, Rebecca MacKinnon argues that it’s time to discuss the ways technology should be structured and governed to support the rights and liberties of all the world’s Internet users. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT Full Interview: Rebecca MacKinnon on The Consent of the Networked In her new book, Consent of the Networked, Rebecca MacKinnon argues that it’s time to discuss the ways technology should be structured and governed to support the rights and liberties of all the world’s Internet users. 1698 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20120127_28699.mp3 Nora sits down with the president and CEO of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) to talk about balancing copyright with the open internet in the wake of the recent protests against SOPA http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT Full Interview: Byron Holland on Balancing Copyright with the Open Internet Nora sits down with the president and CEO of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) to talk about balancing copyright with the open internet in the wake of the recent protests against SOPA 1137 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20120123_61399.mp3 As part of a larger look at cities and how to create creative hubs (aka the mythical next Silicon Valley), Nora Young speaks with Mark Surman, executive director of the Mozilla foundation who has a long history in working to build open, collaborative, creative environments. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT Full Interview: Mark Surman on Creative Hubs As part of a larger look at cities and how to create creative hubs (aka the mythical next Silicon Valley), Nora Young speaks with Mark Surman, executive director of the Mozilla foundation who has a long history in working to build open, collaborative, creative environments. 947 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20120120_13097.mp3 Science fiction author, journalist, and all around futurist Cory Doctorow believes the recent copyright battles are the opening salvo of a larger war against general computers. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT Full Interview: Cory Doctorow on the War on General Computing Science fiction author, journalist, and all around futurist Cory Doctorow believes the recent copyright battles are the opening salvo of a larger war against general computers. 1695 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20120119_60479.mp3 Throughout history, technological change has caused job loss, but there have always been new jobs that have opened up. In his new book Race Against The Machine, MIT researcher Andrew McAfee argues that digital technology is advancing so quickly, it's outstripping our ability to adapt economically. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT Full Interview: Andrew McAfee on Accelerated Innovation and the Economy Throughout history, technological change has caused job loss, but there have always been new jobs that have opened up. In his new book Race Against The Machine, MIT researcher Andrew McAfee argues that digital technology is advancing so quickly, it's outstripping our ability to adapt economically. 1002 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20120116_71676.mp3 Many schools are experimenting with new digital tools in the classroom, from cellphones, to apps, to tablets. Rhonda McEwen, a University of Toronto academic who researches the impact of new media, has been researching the benefits of using iPads with non-verbal students who are autistic. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT Full Interview: Rhonda McEwen on Mobile Tech in Classrooms Many schools are experimenting with new digital tools in the classroom, from cellphones, to apps, to tablets. Rhonda McEwen, a University of Toronto academic who researches the impact of new media, has been researching the benefits of using iPads with non-verbal students who are autistic. 1068 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20120112_51783.mp3 Right now we are in the age of life-logging, recording every bit of information about a person's activities, behavior, and physicality. This behavior is also called total capture and Facebook’s latest Timeline feature, has introduced the idea of total capture to mainstream audiences. A Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, Abigail Sellen is critical of the modern conversation on life-logging and total capture and argues this technical handling of memories through indexing and metadata is just not how memory works. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT Full Interview: Abigail Sellen on Total Capture and Human Memory Right now we are in the age of life-logging, recording every bit of information about a person's activities, behavior, and physicality. This behavior is also called total capture and Facebook’s latest Timeline feature, has introduced the idea of total capture to mainstream audiences. A Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, Abigail Sellen is critical of the modern conversation on life-logging and total capture and argues this technical handling of memories through indexing and metadata is just not how memory works. 1438 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20111215_83658.mp3 Baratunde Thurston is a comedian and author, as well as the web and politics editor for The Onion. His first book, How to be Black, will come out at the end of January, and he has an interesting approach to marketing it. He has amassed an advance street team of volunteers - volunteers he vetted for their social media influence, and has now sent forth to campaign for him and his book. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT Full Interview: Baratunde Thurston on enlisting online influencers to sell his book Baratunde Thurston is a comedian and author, as well as the web and politics editor for The Onion. His first book, How to be Black, will come out at the end of January, and he has an interesting approach to marketing it. He has amassed an advance street team of volunteers - volunteers he vetted for their social media influence, and has now sent forth to campaign for him and his book. 1025 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20111206_76275.mp3 Nora Young interviews David Weinberger, author and co-director of the Harvard Library Innovation Lab. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT Full Interview: David Weinberger on LibraryCloud and ShelfLife Nora Young interviews David Weinberger, author and co-director of the Harvard Library Innovation Lab. 952