David Berner Is BACK!!! Well, Sort Of!

My favourite radio show host anywhere just happens to live in Vancouver. His name is David Berner and he has the ability to interview anyone about everyone, making the discussion both interesting and entertaining.

He has been blogging for some time now and has just gotten into audio podcasts. You can listen to the first one here. His topic is one of my favourites: Modern people so absorbed in their own little lives, with all kinds of electronic gadgetry to keep them aloof from anyone else. Do drop David a line and let him know what you think!

Generation Next

One of my favourite podcasts is from Peter Day's In Business radio programme on the BBC. The latest segment is called "Generation Next" and is all about how marketers are dramatically shifting gears to market [quite differently] to teenagers and 20-somethings. You can listen to it here.

One obvious change revolves around the omnipresence of mobile phones. As one marketer on the show said, "From the perspective of a young person, what kind of idiot would possibly have a landline?" [paraphrasing] I did a double-take when I first heard this, as I grew up in a household with just one phone (a big green one) and only had a second one when I reached my late teens. Nowadays, several people I know only have a mobile phone.