Comments on: Spark 90 – November 1 & 3, 2009

By: #139 One a day « Video StudentGuy

#139 One a day « Video StudentGuy — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 17:51:34 +0000

[...] notes. I’ll just try to keep everything to a minimum. Just the links maybe, like CBC Radio Spark Episode 90. Podcast cleansing, creativity, inspiration, recharge, think different « [...]

By: Full Interview: Alain de Botton on the beauty of work | Spark | CBC Radio

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:49:40 +0000

[...] shorter version of this interview will air on Episode 90 of Spark, but you can hear the full, uncut interview below, or download the MP3. [runs [...]

By: K Ross

K Ross — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:47:14 +0000

Great show, Nora. Linda Stone is bang on about the breathing. I didn't even notice it until this interview. Just love your podcasts – it's a great way to catch up on missed episodes. You and your team do a terrific job. Cheers!

By: NoraYoung

NoraYoung — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:14:09 +0000

Hey, thanks, Franny! it's been over a month since I did that interview, and I've really been trying to breathe better!

By: Franny_Bastian

Franny_Bastian — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:07:58 +0000

I just listened to this program on podcast. I absolutely loved it because I learned so much. NOW I understand why it's so important to think about breathing – and not just during Yoga class. Thanks!

By: Nora

Nora — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:12:29 +0000

Thanks, Steve. Have you noticed improvement in your sleep apnea since you stopped spending so much time at the computer? I spend a LOT of time on the computer.

By: Spark! December 1, 2009 - Drexel Emerging Technologies

Spark! December 1, 2009 - Drexel Emerging Technologies — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:55:42 +0000

[...] use an audio interview with Linda Stone, founder of the phrases “continuous partial attention” and [...]

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:25:28 +0000

I suffer from sleep apnea and up until about 2 months ago was in front of a computer screen for 13-16 hours a day. A very bad combination.

Everything Stone says is pretty much correct, an excellent segment.

By: Bioadapter und VerLust an Selbstironie | FILDR.

Bioadapter und VerLust an Selbstironie | FILDR. — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:24:44 +0000

[...] und VerLust an Selbstironie In einem interessanten Interview prophezeite neulich Linda Stone, ehemals eine Managerin bei Apple und Microsoft, dem Bioadapter [...]

By: Russell McOrmond

Russell McOrmond — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:56:27 +0000

While listening to Alain de Botton again (I listened to it in the full interview feed as well), I got caught up in the same part again. He described how we sometimes reach out to art as a way to be more connected to the producer, something I find ironic given the excessive industrialisation of much of the art we enjoy these days. Some of the so-called "Copyright" debate really comes down to a disconnect between industrial distribution channels and the creators and audiences that are trying to make more human direct connections.

The incumbent industrial intermediaries want to impose on us the details of what, how, where, and when we should be allowed to create and enjoy art, and go to government to try to make alternative relationships harder (or even illegal – The mis-named Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is pretty extreme stuff, built on top of the backwards old-economy thinking of the USA's DMCA and the 1996 WIPO treaties). Those who do not follow their dictates and seek different relationships are labelled as "thieves" by the largely fabricated statistics they bring to governments, with the methodologies not separating infringement from people simply switching to other perfectly legal forms of entertainment/art.

Authors who want to build better relationships between creators and audiences are often claimed to be anti-creator, anti-art, anti-copyright or other such nonsense. I've heard some pretty extreme things said by folks associated with Access Copyright (an industrial-era thinking intermediary for authors/publishers) against modern thinking science fiction authors such as Cory Doctorow.