Voices in the Fog

So this is a new category created with attention-deficit types (you) and time-challenged bloggers (me) in mind. It’s a quick(er) brain-dump format. Which means that I might actually post more often. We’ll see.

Please hold, I have to leap off a building

- [Ring-ring]

- Hello?

- Hey Tom, it’s Duncan. Got a minute?

- I’m about to jump off a 7-story building. Can I call you back tonight?

Hopping aboard Porter

I’m heading to Toronto for a meeting this week and we’re flying Porter. I’m curious to check it out. Especially since they are billing themselves as “North America’s premium short-haul carrier.” Incidentally, the Porter branding was done by Winkreative, which is headed by Wallpaper magazine founder Tyler Brûlé. I wonder if Porter is innovative enough to include carbon offsets in their ticket price…

Closing Pandora’s box

I got an email from Pandora today, the online music discovery service created by the Music Genome Project. Citing international licensing constraints, they’re forced to restrict streaming audio from Pandora for most countries outside of the U.S. So, as of May 16th, Pandora will be blocked to listeners from Canada. Why? Mostly because, as founder Tim Westergren stated in the email, “there is no global licensing organization to enable any webcaster to legitimately offer its service around the world.”