Throughout the day I was pondering the topic should Radio Hosts be on twitter. I thought it out and wanted to record my thoughts on the matter, it was going to be great. I had several points to make and I even tweeted it and got other opinions from twitter. An hour later when it came time to record the show, I blanked. Another case of Thoughtless Kyle came up. So I was not able to talk about it as much as I wanted but still came up with a couple decent points, if that.
When I blanked I wanted to continue with the show, so I started talking about something I want to build in 2010. The With Media Network, a network of podcastes. I share a couple ideas I have so far and hope I can be successful in this adventure. In the back of my head, a very faint dream, would be to make blogging and podcasting my full time job. I know it would be a long shot, but it is something I really want to do and I think the north would like it.
On boxing day, after my adventure in Walmart, two friends and I went out to a cabin up the Ingraham Trail here in Yellowknife. The cabin is owned by the Yellowknife Scouts, which we were once all a part of and still have a hand in in someway.
Although we only went for one night it was nice to get out of town and just relax. I’d like to say I was able to get away from the distractions of the Internet and technology but upon arriving at the cabin I found the I had full cell service on my iPhone. I was very shock, and well, pleased. We came to the conclusion that whoever deals with the cell network area, whether Bell or NorthweTel, put up another repeater around Prelude Lake, which is near by to where we were.
I took my small camera just for kicks and to give you all a sense of where I was.
This was all a misunderstanding and I am so happy for that. I talked and wrote about something the other day that wasn’t true, or rather it was misinterpreted. I didn’t mean to get up in arms about it all, I was just caught up in the moment. I apologize for that. I apologize to the reporter, Daron Letts for the way I responded, I have nothing against you, I think you are a great guy and I have nothing against your employer. That is me though, I can not speak for others.
Last night, after the issue was brought to light, I recieved a call from Daron, the reporter, who spoke with Jason earlier in the day. He did not say anything about what I brought up but asked me about the Blog Awards, which I answered to the best ability. Sorry Megan I didn’t know your Cell phone was working down there. I told him about this blog and we talked about it a little. He told me he wouldn’t mind meeting up sometime in the New Year and then the conversation was done.
The reason I mention Daron’s name is because he posted a comment on my post last night and is going to clarify himself there. I fully respect him for coming forward rather than trying avoid all this. I think Daron is an excellent guy, I met him back in the summer. He does an excellent job covering Yellowknife Entertainment scene. It is very unfortunate that he got caught up in this mess I kept feeding. I hope we can sit down for a coffee sometime in the new year.
I held off informing everyone that I spoke to Daron last night, for only one reason. The discussion that is happening. This topic which we are talking about is not only related to Yellowknife, but also North American and the UK as a whole. How does traditional media deal with new media, how can they work together; it is a topic that interests me very much and something I am constantly reading about. As the conversation that was happening was related to our community of Yellowknife I wanted to see where it would go, and I am very pleased with the response.
Please join in the discussion and also check out the fluff piece in Wednesdays edition of the paper about the NWT Blog Awards.
