Tag Archives: BanffTVFest

Dr. Richard Florida at Banff World TV Festival 2008


My new hero: Dr. Richard Florida, founder of Creative Class, was one of the best speakers I have had the pleasure of hearing. I also was fortunate enough to interview him as well. Charming, smart, gracious and speaks my language and philosophy about the importance of choosing where you live and the creative economy. A must read book is “Who’s Your City?” – for all you Thomas Friedman fans out there…

Brent Butt at the Banff World TV Festival 2008


Brent Butt gives me a quick sound bite on his worst award show story ever – in Banff at the Banff World TV Festival 2008. (He was there to pick up the award for The Comedy Network Peter Ustinov Award for his body of comedic work). I interviewed him and wrote an article that was in the Banff Online Daily Newsletter during the Festival but those features don’t seem to have a permalink on the actual Banff site. That doesn’t seem very Internet friendly…

marblemedia at Banff World TV Festival 2008

Matt Hornburg, Mark Bishop and I sat down for a chat about marblemedia and all the greatness this dynamic duo gets up to (for almost a decade!)