vetula: chris kelley’s blog

As of May 4 2008, the search query “jPod (TV Series)” returns about 230,000 hits in Google. Pretty good for a canceled TV show that only lasted one season. There is alot of love for jPod - even a website devoted to saving the show, which was recently marked for cancellation by the Canadian Broadcasting Centre: http://savejpod.ca/ .

Since I live in South Africa and jPod is not available here, my friend Bit Torrent lent me the series. I had a bit of history w/ the jPod concept since I loved Douglas Coupland’s Microserfs and enjoyed the follow-up book jPod. I’m also a programmer so I appreciate the culture behind jPod, even though compromises have been made to suit TV. That’s OK with me. I hope the community that has sprung up around the apparent loss of this TV show portends a new direction for entertainment companies - perhaps a way for them to make a profit and for us to get some enjoyable entertainment - and perhaps even some interaction.

CBC: Embrace the power of the Long Tail and listen to this community. Please renew jPod! Everyone else: Sign the petition!

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