Mark Evans

Hey, We’re Talking Tech

An interesting week in the world of tech, which gave Duncan Stewart and I lots of fodder for this week’s Talking Tech podcast. (Kevin was on a hardship assignment as he had to attend some conference in Orlando). Perhaps the strangest - and most troubling - story was Kathy Sierra’s blog post about the death and sexual threats she has been receiving. It raises a bunch of questions about the dark side of the Web and the ability for people to operate in anonymity.

Closer to home, BCE Inc. seems to be in play now amid reports Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has been talking to BCE about a $30-billion + takeover. If BCE’s on the block, you have to believe Telus is in play as well, right?

Finally, we touch upon the hot question of whether some bloggers are journalists. The latest round of discussion was spawned when The Application Delivery Network had a post that took issue with a post I did on whether bloggers should get media accreditation.