TV Web Gurus Eye Cleanup Website

A California computer guru and his P.E.I.-reared co-host offer the Sydney Tar Ponds cleanup some web design tips this week on the TechTV channel.

Leo Laporte and Amber MacArthur, co-hosts of G4TechTV's technical advice show, Call for Help, check out the Sydney Tar Ponds Agency website -- www.TarPondsCleanup.ca -- and offer suggestions for improvement in a segment airing Thursday, Dec. 30.

Ms. MacArthur, a graduate of the King's journalism program in Halifax, regularly reviews websites on Call for Help.

The Sydney Tar Ponds Agency invited her to critique its cleanup site, currently under redesign by MediaSpark, a Sydney software development and new media production company.

"The website is a key part of our efforts to ensure exemplary communications throughout the big cleanup," said Frank Potter, director of operations for the agency. "The challenge is to present understandable, easy-to-grasp information, while still providing comprehensive backup material for the small group of people who follow every technical detail of the project.

"Amber responded with some very helpful advice," Mr. Potter said.

The Call for Help episode featuring the Tar Ponds website will air Thursday at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Channel 164 (Eastlink), 301 (Seaside Cable), 514 (Star Choice), and 515 (Bell ExpressVu).