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Patrick Boivin: a YouTube success story
One of the pluses of being knee deep in writing my next book is that I’m getting to talk to a lot of fascinating people. Among them is Patrick Boivin, a Montreal-based film maker who has risen in...
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YouTube film fest takes over Toronto this weekend
It seems inconceivable that there has yet to be some sort of major event devoted to YouTube videos and their creators. Even the iPhone has its own film festival, while YouTube itself just held its own...
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The Beastie Boys and why copyright isn’t all bad
“Only 24 hours in a day, well only 12 notes that a man can play.” That’s a line from Shadrach, a song on the Beastie Boys’ seminal 1989 album Paul’s Boutique. I know this because one of my more obscure...
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Chromecast’s expansion raises streaming stakes
Don’t look now, but Google has beaten Roku’s Streaming Stick into Canada with the international expansion of Chromecast, its own streaming dongle for HDTVs. The device, which has been popular in the...
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