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About David Muir

Software development manager with a background in software architecture, information development, user interaction design, and usability. Strong interest in entrepreneurial activity and business start-ups. Continuing interest in entertainment and media, with a degree in Radio and Television Arts.

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  • Jun 29th, 2009 @ 9:48am

    Thank you for choosing Rogers (as David Muir)

    on Rogers Back To Inserting Its Messages Onto Others' Websites

    The tech support and billing people sign off with "Thank you for choosing Rogers". It drives my wife and I crazy because we DID NOT CHOOSE Rogers. They bought our old (excellent) ISP and suddenly we have bandwidth caps, throttling, 404 replacement pages, and this "message insertion" stuff. While this particular practice may not be the worst of what they do... they are clearly not an ISP I would have "chosen" if I really had a choice. Before Rogers became my ISP, I barely paid attention to the Net Neutrality activism in Canada... now I am a huge Michael Geist fan and I'm agitating for more CRTC oversight of the big ISPs.

  • Jul 1st, 2008 @ 5:40am

    Devices capable of streaming (as David Muir)

    on Movie Downloads Get Even More Confusing Thanks To Sony

    The Bravia will be the first specific brand that Sony offers this with. I tend to look on the bright side: this means that the device is capable of network connectivity. If the first content is Hancock (not Hitchcock -- although I was thinking "if only" like PaulT seeing that mistake) and it is offered through some encrypted, proprietary site, so be it. But maybe that means general streaming or even downloading (just like picking up broadcast, cable, or satellite signals) will be a standard part of televisions eventually.