[Vanhackspace] CBC - The Current - hackers at work

[Graham Mitchell]

Yeah, I was thinking more that someone here might be interested in it 
rather than targeting it as a VHS thing necessarily. I do agree that a 
lot of The Current's stuff is pretty hard-hitting in general but this 
sounds like more of a human-interest kind of thing, as you've implied - 
more "how do you work around your employer curtailing your ability to do 
your job?" than anything negative about hackers. I'm parsing it as a 
sort of a positive-light, damn-the-man (or 
damn-the-man-for-his-own-good) kind of thing but that's based on limited 
information so I'd certainly take my appraisal with a grain of salt.

Anyway, there it is. The finished piece might be worth a listen even if 
no one here ends up contributing. I'll drop a note if I hear it air 
since I usually catch the show in the mornings on my way to work.

Graham

Joe Bowser wrote:
> Hey
>
> I agree with a lot of the sentiments, but based on the original
> write-up, I'm not certain that's what they're looking for.  The point is
> that we need someone who wants to deal with the mainstream media.  That
> is, someone who issues with how VHS interacts with the outside world.
>
> I don't think it's likely that we're going to be interviewed by Anne
> Marie Tremonte, and I think it's more likely that we're going to be
> tacked on as a part of a soft-ball piece while they grill Harper on
> something.  I've been on CBC before regarding tech stuff, and they'll
> spin it for whatever their ends are.  If they see a story there, they'll
> pursue it.  CBC isn't crazy like going on the Christy Clarke Show (ask
> Boris about that one), but I don't think that CBC is out to do a hachet
> job either.
>
> To be honest, this sounds like they're looking for Web 2.0 Hype/Founders
> at Work shit.  "Are you a Cyber Guru who runs a Dot-Com?  What crazy
> things are you working on that make you tons of money?  How did you find
> your niche??"
>
> This sounds more like a piece for my work than a VHS media piece, since
> we're not really "Hackers at work".
>
> That's my thoughts after reading this.
>
> Joe