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• I stayed in Edmonton this weekend, but I had my eye on Red Deer where Reboot Alberta was taking place. I’ll have more on that soon, but it sounds like I missed a great time!
• On the other hand, I got to accompany Sharon to the Greens, Eggs & Ham farm on Saturday, and to the Slow Food Edmonton potluck today. So much fantastic, local food!
• The Matrix is one of my all-time favorite movies (toss up with The Dark Knight) so this stop-motion recreation of the first bullet-time scene, done entirely in Lego, is awesome.
• Must read: The reason WestJet keeps winning. They really care.
• Another awesome visualization: Is the H1N1 vaccine safe? No, I haven’t gotten the shot, nor do I plan to.
• Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species turned 150 years old on November 24th!

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• I picked up some eggnog today, and enjoyed my first rum & eggnog of the season!
• Local podcast The Unknown Studio got a new website and logo. I like!
• So many cool things were announced at PDC 09, which means I have lots of reading to do! Colin captured things well here.
• Twitter’s geotagging API is finally live.
• Some interesting data on the video game console market.
• Anil Dash of Six Apart has a new project.
• Just finished deploying a fairly significant update to ShareEdmonton. Not many new features, but lots of changes behind the scenes. Much more to do!

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• Another really busy week ahead! I’m speaking at Tech Days on Wednesday. Also attending LTEL, DemoCamp, and an open data event coming up on Saturday!
• Amazon announced a bunch of really interesting AWS-related things lately, including datacenters in Asia and a new SDK for .NET developers.
• Another great post from Jeff Jarvis: the future of business is in ecosystems.
• Christmas is getting ever closer. Sharon and I visited the Holiday Light Up and Kingsway’s Radiant Reveal yesterday.
• The future of mobile advertising? Check in and get freebies!
• So far I’m loving Twitter Lists, and not really liking the new Retweet feature very much. At least they’re innovating!

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• We had our first AfterCamp event on Saturday for ChangeCampEdmonton. Thanks to everyone who came out!
• I’ve been doing lots of stuff with ASP.NET MVC lately, and I love it. Most of my ASP.NET work in the last few years has been MVC-style inside WebForms anyway, so the switch has been nice and smooth.
• I started reading this article but gave up probably 10,000 words in: Gladwell for Dummies. Such an intriguing title, too bad the article didn’t live up to it.
• Like many others, I can’t believe Microsoft let Don Dodge go.
• This link made the rounds over the last week: The future of news is entrepreneurial. I’m still thinking about and digesting that statement, but in general, I agree.
• I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate receiving large files via email. “Bottom line, sending a large attachment via email is relocating using the U.S. Postal Service as your moving company. It is painful, limited, and expensive.”
• On Thursday evening Sharon and I went to see Broke, the opening documentary for the Global Visions Film Festival. I can’t say that I loved the film, shot in cinema-verite style, but it was enjoyable enough. It turns out that we sat beside the “star” of the film, David Woolfson, the pawnshop owner!

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• Sharon and I took her parents to see Michael Jackson’s This Is It last night. It was entertaining and I enjoyed it, but don’t expect anything beyond rehearsal footage.
• On Friday we saw The Bone House. Aside from the drunk woman in the audience who kept talking, I liked it. It wasn’t nearly as scary as I was led to believe, however.
• One of my favorite productivity tools, Remember the Milk, has decided to remove the “beta” tag. Seems to be a trend, thankfully.
• Potentially the single most important reason to upgrade to Visual Studio 2010: the Add Reference dialog is now super quick.
• Great overview of the Toronto tech scene in this post from David Crow.
• Facebook announced its developer roadmap this week. Lots of cool stuff on the horizon.

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• Sharon and I just got back today from a much needed mini-vacation to Banff (and Calgary for me at the end of last week, Sharon was at a conference). I didn’t post a single tweet on Saturday! The last time I went an entire day without tweeting was, hmm, never?
• MSDN is relaunching. I like the new MSDN and Visual Studio logos.
• Interesting read: In defence of newspapers and serendipity.
• Last week was a big one for me, with the launch of ShareEdmonton. Thanks everyone for your comments, feedback, and suggestions!
• This coming week is also going to be a big one for me. First up: pickup the Edmonton Sun tomorrow (Tuesday). 🙂 UPDATE: Bid on dinner with me! In support of the Edmonton Sun’s Christmas Charity Auction.
• A few of my favorite photos from the weekend:

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• I had a great time this weekend at both ChangeCamp and Timeraiser! I’ll be writing about more about both this week. In the meantime, be sure to read Chris’ post on #yegchange.
• On Friday evening, Sharon and I checked out Creations, a new restaurant in the Sawridge Inn.
• Another fantastic visualization: How Safe is the HPV Vaccine?
• Google wants you to help create a 3D model of every built structure on Earth, and they’ve launched Google Building Maker to help make it happen.
• Fascinating video: How People Count Money Around the World.
• Great read for anyone interested in media and journalism: The Collaboration Economy.
• I’ll be in Calgary later this week, and Banff on the weekend. Weather looks good for both!

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• Happy Thanksgiving! Sharon and I had a great dinner tonight at my sister’s place – thanks Kim!
• From Dave – Save the Date: Alberta Politics in Fall 2009.
• This is really awesome, but I too question its longevity: Social Engineering and Taking the Stairs.
• As you may have seen/heard recently, Conan O’Brien and Newark Mayor Cory Booker have a running gag going on The Tonight Show. Part of the gag was that Booker added Conan to the no fly list. The TSA picked up on that and blogged about whether or not that could actually happen. Fantastic use of a corporate blog!
• Google is now tracking influenza in 16 additional countries, including Canada!
• Both Telus & Bell will soon be selling the iPhone. Yay competition!
• Open Data – USA vs. Canada. It’s an uphill battle for us Canucks.

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• My Mom was in town this weekend so we got to spend a little bit of time with her! We had dinner at Cactus Club Cafe and then watched Toy Story 1 & 2 in 3D!
• It’s a little tricky to read, but if you take a moment this visualization is great – Kyoto: Who’s On Target?
• More good stuff from David Eaves: The Three Laws of Open Government Data.
• Picturing Burj Dubai in midtown Manhattan. Also from Kottke – Barack Obama’s amazingly consistent smile.
• This is a really great feature at VentureBeat – Mark Zuckerberg: The evolution of a remarkable CEO.
• I’ll write more about it tomorrow, but I had a good time at Homeless Connect 3 today. Such a great event.