December 2010
19 posts
2 tags
1 tag
Podcasts I admire, pt. 1 →
I listen to three of these regularly (Hang Up and Listen, Culture Gabfest and The Moth). Will try more in new year.
2 tags
1 tag
2 tags
Project management
I would like to pay tribute to my husband, who tried many hard things this year and accomplished them. One hard thing was running for office. Another hard thing was reclaiming our backyard.
He toiled for much of August to prepare the yard for his grand vision, which he mostly kept secret. He rebuilt the fence, got the out-of-control lilac pruned and created a badminton court. Badminton is a big...
3 tags
Memorable Stories - Edmonton Journal →
Tons of great work here. Makes me proud of my colleagues.
mastermaq:
A collection of memorable Edmonton Journal stories from 2010.
1 tag
Hatching Monsters: Lessons in Fame from P.T.... →
Lapham’s Quarterly looks at advertising and celebrity culture through the lens of P.T. Barnum.
1 tag
http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2008/au... →
This is the Radiolab link I meant to share in my last post. Still getting the hang of this.
1 tag
The universe and everything →
I just listened to this old episode of Radiolab, my favorite podcast, as I cleaned the basement to make way for Christmas toys. And then I see this in my Twitter stream, via @Brad_King: http://me.lt/9GjT. Cosmic.
1 tag
http://mobile.boston.com/yourtown/melrose/articles/... →
Beautiful read. Made me cry.
1 tag
Networked Journalism →
Greatly enjoying Charlie Beckett’s review of the year in journalism (search #POLIS2010 on Twitter for series). Big thanks to Trish Audette for recommending him to me.
http://thenowledge.com/2010/12/21/what-journalism-n... →
I don’t know if tablets will accomplish this, but I’m for anything that stops the race to the bottom represented by slavish devotion to increasing page views. Challenge is to find different ways to make it pay.
1 tag
The Charrette » History Lesson: Raising a glass to... →
What a great blog this is. Hats off to Scott Lilwall and Mike Otto.
2 tags
Awesome indeed
Last week I went to a tweetup, partly to donate to the Food Bank, partly to catch up with people like Tamara, Kathleen, John, Joanna, Sandra and Sylvia, among others, and to meet new people like Chris. It was also the anniversary of my first tweetup, where I learned one of things that makes Twitter so valuable is the “in-real-life” interactions that follow.
Anyway, Kathleen took a...
3 tags
Brain Album
My son, who is almost 6, says he has in his head an album of things he likes. He goes through an imaginary questionnaire when considering whether to add something to his album. I am in the album; so is his dad. His sister goes in and out, I believe. Thomas the Tank Engine and all associated paraphernalia are definitely in the album. Categorizing things in this way makes him a “brain album...