Archive for April 14th, 2008

Back to video blogging today with the return of the 120.

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This weekend I’ll be continuing my crusade to learn more about Diabetes and the people fighting it.

LiveSmart Diabetes Expo
Date: Saturday, April 19, 8:30 am – 3:00 pm
Location: Broadway Church, 2700 East Broadway, Vancouver
Tickets: $13 online, $15 by phone

The LiveSmart Diabetes Expo is a consumer tradeshow and educational program hosted by the Canadian Diabetes Association which draws together feature speakers, products, resources, and experts to show how you can help prevent and manage diabetes while improving your overall health.

“Ask the Expert” features over 50 professionals to answer all of your diabetes-related questions including: Dietitians, Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists, Pedorthists, Endocrinologist, Psychiatrists, Optometrists, Dental Hygienists, Insurance Specialists, Lawyers, Diabetes Researchers
and more!

I’ll be cruising the concourse gathering information, talking to people and going all Robert Scoble with impromptu interviews of those on the show floor and many blog post ideas for the coming weeks.

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I hate Canadian Idol.

Our singers aren’t as good. Our judges aren’t as good. Our set isn’t as good. Our host isn’t as good.

CI runs in the summer, after 5 months of AI, and, frankly, I am spent on the karaoke kids by that time and need a break. A yodelling lobster fisher’s daughter, or beat boxing hay bailer just doesnt have any impact on me, I can’t watch a second of the show.

That said…

The gang over at Canadian Idol are doing something they deserve a pat on the back for. In 2008, why do we need to stand in line and trudge to major centers to audition? There’s the internets, and streaming audio and video - why can’t we use that??

Well, Teresa Sokyrka wannabes, you can.

No One Left Behind: Canadian Idol Announces Innovative Last Chance Audition Stop on the 2008 Tour

The day after Canadian Idol’s 2008 cross-country audition tour wrapped up in Toronto, CTV announced that the search for Canada’s next Idol is heading into cyberspace, allowing singers in any part of the country with access to a computer to audition for this year’s competition. It’s only the second time in the history of the Idol franchise that competitors have had the opportunity to audition online, marking yet another North American first for Canadian Idol.

By extending the breadth of the national search, producers are now offering every eligible Canadian the opportunity for exposure and a chance to start a professional music career, no matter where they live. Beginning today and lasting until Friday, April 25 at 5 p.m. ET, online Idol competitors simply need to upload video tryouts to the Canadian Idol website

Oooooh .. did they say cyberspace?? I take all that back, they’re still a bunch of losers.

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