Archive for category: Captioning

Golden Nugget    (2006.08.13)

In which we explore the writings of the (formerly mysterious) heterosexualist CBC captioner–blogger, “Nugget” (sic)

Lives, plural    (2006.08.13)

“Of course people would always read things (captions, E-mails), but would they want to read long imaginative or confessional works written by writers in the past, even the recent past?”

CBC grudge match: Godzilla vs. Doctor Who    (2006.08.09)

Two-hour, third-rate, 30-year-old dubbed monster movies that are broadcast when people with real lives are out having a good time: Pop-on captioning. Current, high-profile, prime-time half-hour dramas with a rabidly loyal viewership: Scrollup captioning

In which I set the agenda    (2006.08.07)

If CBC doesn’t blog about captioning, then I will. And that means I set the agenda

Reasons to care    (2006.07.30)

Why, exactly, I give a shit about CBC captioning (something given a more colourful name by the Tea Makers)

Research advice for our dear British friends    (2006.07.27)

In which I petition Ofcom for new research on fonts for captioning. Junk science has got to stop someday

Qualitative vs. quantitative    (2006.07.09)

Ideas for measuring accessibility

CBC Watch, as it were    (2006.07.04)

Now I’m publishing all my documentation of CBC captioning errors and omissions

The eternal charms of Jim Roots    (2006.06.30)

An old letter (from 1998) from Jim Roots of the Canadian Association of the Deaf