As the national broadcaster, the CBC has a special place in hearts of Canadians. Growing up in the USA, there is really no equivalent - PBS is well intentioned but just doesn't have the public mind-share the 'Ceeb garners with important documentaries and top-shelf sports coverage. Now that i think of it, the ability to satirize politics and still gets funding tell me that something like the CBC could never exist back home!!

Checking in from the basement of CBC's Vancouver headquarters as we kick off an event which is bound to be quite remarkable - the CBC Digital Development Labs.

This morning was introductions by the entrepreneurial-minded attendees chosen to display and refine their ideas for possible development by CBC. I'm participating as a mentor (along with others) here to advise, gut-check, collaborate with (and learn from) the emerging visionaries.

Our secret lair (which is very cool by the way - set up with a variety of workspaces, conversation breakout areas, Mac labs, gamer stations - feels like jPod) is also loaded with industry types acting more as observers to see how projects come together in the new media paradigm.

I am just reading some notes in French to get ready for my interview on CBC French Radio (Monday, August 13th 2007 @ 7:20am) about Barcamp and Ad Hoc events.

I felt a bit uneasy, although I did grow up in Montreal, I am unfamiliar with the tech lingo in my native tongue.

Anyway, here's a series of links that I used to get up to date and I will mentioning tomorrow morning:

I sure appreciate all the work that is being done translating and supporting multiple languages on the web.

Better late the never! Olga Krywyz and I had a fantastic free ranging discussion about blogs, wikis, tagging, and many many Web 2.0 related topics with Weston Triemstra ex of CBC Zed back in June at Vidfest 2005. Check it out (15.8MB MP3 file, 34 minutes 26 seconds, recorded June 16, 2005)

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