w8nc president, Wayne MacPhail, has been a print and
online content producer for over 20 years. He has been a
magazine editor and photographer, a newspaper feature
writer and editor and, in 1991, founded and directed
Southam Inc.'s InfoLab, a groundbreaking research and
development studio for what was then Canada's largest
newspaper chain.
InfoLab produced award-winning products including the
Understanding McLuhan and True North CD-ROMS (some of the
first educational CD-ROMs in Canada). The book/PhotoCD
Kate's Story and other innovations that put Southam Inc.
five years ahead of its competition in the online space.
Since then Wayne has produced online content for most of
the major players in Canada including AOL Canada,
Bell-Emergis, @Home Canada, MSN, CANOE and
Sympatico-Lycos, where he was Director of Content. Wayne
was also the Chief Knowledge Officer for Cyberplex Inc.
and has taught online journalism and writing at a variety
of colleges and universities in Ontario.
He is currently on the board of rabble.ca and writes a
weekly tech column for the online news magazine.
He is also a published and produced playwright, book
author and an avid cyclist and runner.