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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.

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• Sharon and I went to see the new Southgate expansion today, finally. It’s pretty nice, and reminded us of Calgary. The new LRT station is looking good also.
• The topic for Blog Action Day 2009 has been announced! Write about climate change on October 15!
• I use Opera Mini all the time on my BlackBerry. The mobile browser is now used by more than 30 million people!
• Starbucks launched a couple of cool new iPhone apps, one of which lets you pay from your phone. Very cool!
• I really like this shorthand for sketching UI flows. Looks pretty useful.
• The FCC announced a new set of rules this week related to net neutrality, prompting Wireless North to ask – where is Canada?
• Thank you to our sponsors for ChangeCampEdmonton, including the Edmonton Journal, Alberta Business Awards, Yardstick Software, Cambridge Strategies, and FusedLogic. Over 50 people have already registered to attend – add your name to the list here!

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• Intuit bought Mint.com this week for $170 million. I’ve read a lot of backlash to the deal though, such as this post.
• Another day, another front-page headline for The Katz Group regarding the proposed arena. It’s amazing how The Journal continues to pump out stories despite having zero new information.
• I walked to school when I was a kid (granted I lived in Inuvik where you could walk from one end of the town to the other in about 15 minutes). Darren points to a New York Times article on how those days are long gone.
• An interview with Vinod Khosla.
• Fascinating concept: One pig, 185 different products.
• I like looking at logos, I don’t know why. Boing Boing linked to an animated short in which the city of Los Angeles and all the characters are composed of corporate logos.
• Sharon and I had a busy weekend! Yesterday was the Citadel open house and the Randall Stout talk on the new Art Gallery of Alberta. Today was the AIDS Walk For Life (I raised $210, thanks everyone!) and we stopped by Everyone for Edmonton too.