My Three Hosts

It's been a great week in Toronto, but all too brief. The meetup on Tuesday, a talk with the seminarians at UofT's Wycliffe College on Wednesday, TWiM on Thursday, then home on Friday. Oh and 15 Call for Help episodes in there somewhere, too. I'm breathless.

We miss Amber so much on Call for Help, but I did get to catch up with her, and record three(!) Inside the Net episodes, at the meetup. The first of those, a look at Nakama, a new moblogging site, will go up October 10.

We're still searching for a Canadian replacement for Amber on Call for Help, but while we do we're very fortunate indeed to have the poised and talented (and lovely) Cali Lewis of GeekBrief.tv filling in for her. Amber's last episode and Cali's first should be airing soon on G4techTV Canada and the HOW-TO Network in Australia. No truth to the rumor that we're changing the show name to "Cali for Help."

Meanwhile Amber's new show, City News International debuts Tuesday, October 10 on Citytv Canada-wide. She'll be on every night. She tells me her US and Aussie fans can catch her pieces on the net every day - I'll post a link as soon as I get one. Her live daily net culture segments on CP24 are also available on the live stream every weekday between 3:30 and 4p Eastern. Internet Exploder is required to watch that.

Check out her new blog/vlog Popnology. That's also going to be the name of her new show on CP24. Great name! You'll be able to subscribe to Popnology on iTunes soon, too.

I think flowers are in order, if not a Gemini award!

Bye Bye Wizard

I just received the sad news via MacMerc that the host of the Wizards of Technology and The Spoilers podcasts, Digital Bill Douthett, passed away yesterday.

Digital Bill was a great guy. An early podcaster who was always ready to spread a smile. I considered him a good friend. We'll miss him very much. Ric Yaeger at MacMerc has setup a fund to help cover the funeral expenses.

Toronto Meetup

Here we go again!

We have such a stellar bunch of people coming up for Call for Help next week we really thought we should do a meetup.

Meet me in Toronto

3 comments

Tuesday, October 3, we'll be recording Inside the Net live from the downstairs dining room at No Regrets in Liberty Village, T.O. The festivities and no-host food and drink start at 6:30p. Come by to meet:

• Amber MacArthur
• Cali Lewis and Neal Campbell of GeekBrief.tv
• Merlin Mann of 43 Folders (I think he's coming up just to buy the new Sloan record)
• The Podcast Person of the Year (me!)

and I bet we can talk some other Call for Helpers into stopping by.

RSVP at Upcoming.org - you'll find directions and maps there, too. See you there!

Just when you thought it was safe...

Pat's still under the weather, so Pirillo's back for the Halloween edition of The Screen Savers. I lobbied for Kate Botello, but they decided to go with Chris again. How scary!

Coups de Martin

Huzzah! Martin Sargent here. I've taken over Leo's Web log. His goose is cooked. This is just the beginning, too. I plan to swipe his entire tech empire from his weak, clammy hands. Leoville? Soon to be Martinville. Call for Help? Soon to be Rap with Martin. The Screen Savers---uh oh, here comes Leo. I've gotta split.