Notes for 9/6/2010

Here are my weekly notes, from San Francisco!

Sharon and I are on vacation, until the middle of next week, here in San Francisco. So far the weather and everything else has been great, so let’s hope it stays that way! Not sure I’ll be writing about our trip every day, but I will upload pictures [...]

Edmonton Notes for 9/4/2010

Here are my weekly Edmonton notes:

Take a few minutes and complete the City Market Downtown’s survey on a potential winter market!
The Toronto Star is reporting that Postmedia has cut a number of jobs across its daily newspapers, including up to 20 positions at the Edmonton Journal. In other local media news, longtime 630 CHED [...]

State of the Calgary Twittersphere – July 2010

Welcome to the seventh State of the Calgary Twittersphere of 2010, my look at the intersection of Twitter and Calgary, AB. You can see last month’s stats here.
For information on the data, definitions, and other background, click here.
For July 2010:
# of local users: 10501 (a decrease of 125 from June) [...]

Exploring Apps4Edmonton using Microsoft Live Labs Pivot

You’re going to hear a lot more about apps over the next few weeks! The deadline for submissions for the City of Edmonton’s Apps4Edmonton competition was Friday evening. Local developers came up with more than 30 really interesting and useful local apps, which will now compete for your votes and for the attention of the [...]

Notes for 8/29/2010

Here are my weekly notes:

Really interesting introductory piece by Arthur Brisbane, the new Public Editor of the New York Times.
In case you haven’t seen it yet, take some time, and read this New Yorker article on the Koch brothers, “the billionaire brothers who are waging a war against Obama.”
I would say the Netscape [...]

Edmonton Notes for 8/28/2010

It’s the last weekend of August, and it certainly feels like it with the very cool wind. Here are my weekly Edmonton notes:

The deadline for the City’s Apps4Edmonton competition was last night at midnight. Roughly 84 ideas and 323 apps were submitted at last count. Check them out!
Envision Edmonton delivered boxes of signed petitions [...]

State of the Calgary Twittersphere – June 2010

Welcome to the sixth State of the Calgary Twittersphere of 2010, my look at the intersection of Twitter and Calgary, AB. You can see last month’s stats here.
For information on the data, definitions, and other background, click here.
For June 2010:
# of local users: 10626 (an increase of 79 from May) [...]

State of the Edmonton Twittersphere – July 2010

Welcome to the seventh State of the Edmonton Twittersphere of 2010, my look at the intersection of Twitter and Edmonton, AB. You can see last month’s stats here.
For information on the data, definitions, and other background, click here.
For July 2010:
# of local users: 8227 (an increase of 49 from June) [...]

Notes for 8/23/2010

Here are my weekly notes:

I’ve been really busy with work lately. Among other things, I’ve been exploring/using: sitemaps.org, html5boilerplate.com, TFS 2010.
If you believe the stats, the 5 billionth device will plug into the Internet sometime this month. IPv6 anyone?
Facebook apparently isn’t happy about the new movie The Social Network. Which only makes me [...]

Edmonton Notes for 8/22/2010

Here are my weekly Edmonton notes:

It was a smoky week here in Edmonton, as we felt the effects of forest fires in BC. Air quality was listed as poor until Friday, when it started to improve. You can see smoke forecasts for BC and Alberta here.
Edmonton Airports released updated briefing notes on the City Centre [...]

Recap: artsScene Edmonton’s Summer Party + Behind the Scenes at the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald

artsScene Edmonton’s latest sold out event took place tonight at the historic Fairmont Hotel Macdonald. The Summer Patio Party + Behind the Scenes was another great opportunity to catch up with old friends and to meet some new ones too! Here’s what the event was all about:
Steeped in history, The Fairmont Hotel Macdonald opened its [...]

Why Edmonton’s Teatro La Quindicina and actor Jeff Haslam will never get my business again

With one exception, Sharon and I had a great time at the 29th Edmonton International Fringe Festival this past weekend. Unfortunately, all that sticks out in our minds is that exception. Before I explain, a little background.
Sharon is the person who introduced me to live theatre in Edmonton. Though the first show she took me [...]

Notes for 8/16/2010

Here are my weekly notes:

I use jQuery every day, and I’m a big fan. So I’m really happy to see the jQuery Mobile Project.
Every time you type on Windows Phone 7, it plays a subtly different sound. Now that’s attention to detail.
Here are some great thoughts from Miguel de Icaza on the big [...]

Edmonton Notes for 8/14/2010

Here are my weekly Edmonton notes:

It may not be illegal, but it’s certainly unethical as far as I’m concerned: Envision Edmonton is paying “volunteers” to collect names for its petition. It shifts the reason for signing from supporting the campaign to supporting a worthy cause, like a community league. Oh, and to City Council, don’t [...]

Behind the scenes at Breakfast Television in Edmonton!

A couple of weeks ago, Ryan Jespersen invited me to join him on BT Edmonton for a segment on blogs in Edmonton. The idea for that segment quickly turned into live-blogging the entire show, which I thought would be a fun opportunity!
So this is my post about my experience on Breakfast Television in Edmonton. I’ll [...]