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Amber Mac's Interests
General
Computers, Internet, Chocolate, Apples, Podcasting, Usable Design, Running, Textpander, Edamame, Free the Internet (see video below), Great gadgets (see video below, below)
Music
Beck, Le Tigre, Postal Service, Moby, The Doors, The Mermen, Johnny Cash, Aqualung, Animal Liberation Orchestra, Solcola, Buck65, The Raconteurs, Snow Patrol, Flaming Lips, Imogen Heap, Be Good Tanyas, Jack Johnson
Movies
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Garden State, The Princess Bride, Hackers
Television
CP-24, Six Feet Under, Discovery Channel, CBC-TV
Books
The Design of Everyday Things; Eats, Shoots and Leaves; The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari; Anne of Green Gables; On the Road; Catcher in the Rye; Shopgirl
About me: I work at City-TV in Toronto as the New Media Specialist/Host covering Internet/tech news and trends...video blogging:
MY TV SEGS ON CITY NEWS INTERNATIONAL (WWW)
Prior to City-TV, I worked as G4TechTV host and co-producer on Torrent (weekly one-hour TV show), co-host and co-producer on Call for Help (daily one-hour TV show) and Gadgets & Gizmos. Feeling sleepy? I produce/host a weekly web/tech news video podcast called commandN (www.commandn.tv) with Mike Lazazzera, my brother Jeff MacArthur, and Toronto-based video producer/City-TV colleague Brian McKechnie. I also produce/host a weekly audio podcast called Inside the Net w/Leo Laporte (www.twit.tv). And I write a monthly "Web Trends" column for The Calgary Sun Urbane Magazine. Hate long "About Me" sections? I have several years work experience in the web design/software industry in Canada and the U.S., at Razorfish San Fran, The Webby Awards in San Fran, and Microsoft Canada in T.dot. After finishing up an undergrad in English, I went to Journalism School (majored in broadcast/online journalism) and worked at CBC-TV Charlottetown (my hometown) as an associate reporter. Looking for this to end? I completed two trying internships at CBC-TV Charlottetown and KQED-Radio San Franscisco. I have lived in San Francisco (3 years), Boston (1 year), Halifax (3 years), Ottawa (10 years), PEI (a number of years), on the Ottawa River in a decrepit farmhouse (for too long), and I now live in Toronto. Happy now?
Check out my blog for more "about" info - www.ambermac.com. Watch a recent episode of my weekly "what's new in tech" video podcast below (commandN) or under my videos link.
Who I'd like to meet: Margaret Thatcher and Steve Jobs...OK, and Zach Braff.
You will be valued over a million pretty soon. The buying of pets is almost a frenzy now. Keep up the great shows on technology. Maybe geeks will be prime time someday? Have a great weekend. Jeff
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